Background
McShane was born in New Lexington, Ohio on August 25, 1850.
United States representative politician
McShane was born in New Lexington, Ohio on August 25, 1850.
He was the first Democrat to be elected to the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska. In 1871 he moved to the Wyoming Territory, and in 1874 he moved to Omaha, Nebraska. He started out in the livestock business but eventually became a director of the First National Bank of Omaha.
McShane was elected to the Nebraska state house of representatives in 1880 and to the state senate in 1882, serving there until 1886.
He returned to Omaha and died there on November 10, 1923. He was buried in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Omaha.