Background
Shields, Leighton was born on July 12, 1883 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of George Howell and Mary Harrison (Leighton) Shields.
Shields, Leighton was born on July 12, 1883 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of George Howell and Mary Harrison (Leighton) Shields.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard College, 1904. Bachelor of Laws, Saint Louis Law School (Washington University), 1905.
Member bar of Supreme Court of the United States Court. Practiced law in Saint Louis, 1905-1933. United States Commissioner East District of Missouri, 1909-1911.
Representative in Missouri legislature, 1911-1913.
Counsel R.F.C. (preferred stock section and bank reorganizations), Washington, District of Columbia, 1933-1936. United States district attorney for China, 1936 until United States relinquished extraterritoriality over China.
Captured and held with American diplomatic and consular officials by Japanese government, Shanghai, December 8, 1941. Returned to the United States on exchange ship Gripsholm, August 26, 1942.
Special assistant to United State Attorneys general (anti-trust division, Boston, Massachusetts), 1943.
Organized Missouri branch American Red Cross, 1904, secretary Vice-President Saint Louis chapter, 1904-1915. Chairman Saint Louis (Missouri) Draft Board, 1917-1919, Captain, Judge Advisory General Department, United States Army Reserve, 1919-1929.
Member bar of Supreme Court of the United States Court. Member Royal Asiatic Society, Bostonian Society, Huguenot Society of America. Mason.; Clubs: Harvard (Boston).
Married Harriette Lucille Krause, November 1, 1919. Married second, Helen Frances Wilson, September 28, 1947. Children: Mary Louise (Mistress Robert J. Wilkinson), Leighton.