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James Shields 1806–1879


Illinois
James Shields 1806–1879

Shields was the only U.S. Senator to represent three states: Illinois, Minnesota, and Missouri. A brigadier general during the Civil War, he also fought in the Black Hawk War and the Mexican War.

Sculptor: Leonard Volk
(James Shields, 1893), Bronze
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