John P. C. Shanks

John P. C. Shanks

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Born in Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), Shanks pursued an academic course.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1848 and commenced practice in Portland, Indiana, in 1849.He served as prosecuting attorney of Jay County in 1850 and 1851.He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1855. During the Civil War served in the Union Army as a colonel and aide-de-camp.

Shanks was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1861-March 3, 1863).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1862 to the Thirty-eighth Congress.

Shanks was elected to the Fortieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1875).He served as chairman of the Committee on Militia (Forty-first Congress). Committee on Indian Affairs (Forty-second Congress).He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1874.He resumed the practice of his profession.He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1879.He died in Portland, Indiana, January 23, 1901.He was interred in Green Park Cemetery.

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