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GEORGE SHIRAS,
JR., was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on January
26, 1832. He began his college education nat Ohio University,
and after two years transferred to Yale, where he received
his undergraduate degree in 1853. Shiras enrolled in Yale
Law School but soon left New Haven to read law in Pittsburgh.
Shiras was admitted to the bar in 1855 and entered practice
with his brother in Dubuque, Iowa. He returned to Pittsburgh
three years later and joinedd the law firm, where he specialized
in railroad and corporate law. Shiras practice law for
thirty-seven years. In 1881, he refused an offer of election
to the United States Senate from the Pennsylvania State
Legislature. He served as a Presidential elector in 1888.
President Benjamin Harrison nominated Shiras to the Supreme
Court of the United States on July 19, 1892. The Senate
confirmed the appointment on July 26, 1892. Upon receiving
the nomination, Shiras declared his intention to retire
after ten years on the Supreme Court, and he did so on
February 23, 1903. He died on August 2, 1924, at the age
of ninety-two. |
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