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Ebenezer J. Shields was an American politician that represented
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's tenth district in the
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Biography

Shields was born in
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on December 22, 1778. He moved to Tennessee in 1809 and settled on Robertson Fork Creek near Lynnville. He graduated from the
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of
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in 1827. He studied law, was admitted to the
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, and practiced law in
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Career

An elegant
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, Shields was a member of the
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between 1833 and 1835. Shields was elected as a
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supporter to the Twenty-fourth Congress by the tenth district of Tennessee and re-elected as a Whig. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1838 to the
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. He served from March 4, 1835 to March 3, 1839. He resumed his profession in Pulaski and moved to
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in 1844, where he continued the practice of his profession. He was Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1840.


Death

Shields died on April 21, 1846(age 67 years, 120 days near
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. It is unknown where he is
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shields, Ebenezer J. 1778 births 1846 deaths People from Georgia (U.S. state) National Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee Members of the Tennessee House of Representatives People from Pulaski, Tennessee 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the Tennessee General Assembly