Background
Shaw, Aaron was born on December 19, 1811 in near Goshen, Orange County, New York, United States.
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Shaw, Aaron was born on December 19, 1811 in near Goshen, Orange County, New York, United States.
He attended Montgomery Academy, New New York He studied law in Goshen.
He was admitted to the bar in 1833 and commenced practice in Lawrenceville, Illinois. He served as delegate to Illinois'. First Internal Improvement Convention.
Shaw was elected State's attorney by the Legislature of Illinois in 1842.
Shaw was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1859).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1858.
Shaw was elected to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1884, and subsequently resumed the practice of law.
He served as member of the Illinois House of Representatives in 1850. He was again a member of the Illinois House of Representatives in 1860, and served as circuit judge of the fourth judicial district of Illinois 1863-1869.