Ira Shafer (March 9, 1831 – November 30, 1896) was a New York attorney and politician.
Life and career Ira Shafer was born in Berne, New York on March 9, 1831.Albany Evening Journal, The Evening Journal Almanac, 1864, page 71 He lived in California in the early 1850s. Upon returning to New York he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1853 and practiced in Albany.H. Charles Ulman, Lawyers' Record and Official Register of the United States, 1872, page 763
A Democrat,The New York Times, "Democratic State Convention", September 16, 1864 Shafer served as Albany County District Attorney from 1859 to 1862.George Rogers Howell, Jonathan Tenney, Bi-centennial History of Albany, Volume 1, 1886, page 156
Shafer served in the New York State Senate from 1864 to 1865 as the representative of the 13th Senate District.New York State Legislature, Documents of the Senate of the State of New York, Volume 1, 1864, page 1
He died in Highland on November 30, 1896.
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