Background
Shiras, Oliver Perry was born on October 22, 1833 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George and Eliza (Herron) Shiras.
Shiras, Oliver Perry was born on October 22, 1833 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George and Eliza (Herron) Shiras.
Brother of George, Junior. Bachelor of Arts, Ohio University, Athens, O., 1853, Master of Arts, 1856. Bachelor of Laws, Yale, 1856 (Doctor of Laws, 1886).
He received an Bachelor of Arts (1853) and Master of Arts (1856) from Ohio University, and an Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1856. Relocating to Iowa in 1856, he went into private practice in Dubuque, Iowa. During the Civil War, he was in the United States Army, where he served as a First Lieutenant in the Judge Advocate General Corps from 1862 to 1863.
He also served as a Dubuque city councilman.
In 1882, Shiras became a federal district court judge. He was nominated by President Chester A. Arthur on August 3, 1882, to a new seat created by 22 Statistics
172, which divided the District of Iowa into a Northern District and Southern District. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 4, 1882, and received his commission the same day.
He resigned his office on November 1, 1903, returning to private practice in Dubuque from 1903 to 1916.
He died in Sea Breeze, Florida, on January 7, 1916.
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Married Elizabeth Mitchell, February 26, 1857.