- Paul W. Shafer
Paul Werntz Shafer (
April 27 ,1893 -August 17 ,1954 ) was a politician and judge from theU.S. state ofMichigan .Shafer was born in
Elkhart, Indiana and moved with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Shafer, toThree Rivers, Michigan , where he attended the public schools. He was a student at Ferris Institute (nowFerris State University ),Big Rapids, Michigan , and studied law by correspondence with the Blackstone Institute ofChicago, Illinois . He was a reporter, editor, and publisher of newspapers in Elkhart, Indiana,Battle Creek, Michigan , andBronson, Michigan . He was a member of the Indiana State Militia in 1916 and 1917. Years later, he served as a municipal judge in Battle Creek from 1929 to 1936. He was also married to Ila Mack.In the Republican Party primary elections of September 1936 for
Michigan's 3rd congressional district , Shafer defeated the incumbentVerner W. Main . Shafer went on to be elected to the75th United States Congress and to the eight succeeding Congresses, serving fromJanuary 3 ,1937 , until his death inWashington, D.C. , two weeks after being re-nominated in the Republican primary election to the 84th Congress. He was interred in Memorial Park Cemetery, Battle Creek, Michigan.References
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shafer-shaff.html#R9M0JCE07 The Political Graveyard]
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