Biography

04/24/1853 - 11/15/1922

Moses Shields, Jr., (R23) Bradford, Susquehanna and Wyoming Counties, 1909-1912 

Early Life:

Moses Shields, Jr., born, April 24, 1853, Monmouthshire, South Wales; son of Moses Shields, Sr; and Martha Williams Shields; attended, Tallmadge Academy, Ohio; teacher; general manager, Nicholson Light, Heat and Power Company; treasurer and general manager, Moses Shields Stone Company; owner, Nicholson Record; elected, burgess, Nicholson, two terms; school director, Nicholson, eighteen years; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives 1905-19087; gubernatorial appointee, Special Commission to Investigate the State Capitol Scandal, 1906-1907 not a candidate for reelection,  1908; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1909-1912; director, Nicholson Light, Heat and Power Company; appointed, clerk, Pennsylvania Auditor General’s office, 1918; married, S. Amelia Smith Shields, 1877, children, Nellie Amelia Shields, Cecil G. Shields; died, November 15, 1922, Jewish Hospital, city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interment, Nicholson Cemetery, Nicholson, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career:

Came to America, 1869, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Relocated, Nicholson, Pennsylvania, 1874, was associated with his father’s stone business until 1888, when he became sole proprietor. Moses Shields Stone Company was incorporated, became treasurer and general manager, 1899.

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

Masonic order, master, Nicholson Lodge; high priest, Factoryville chapter, commander, Tunkhannock Commandery; thirty-two degrees, Scranton Consistory; Odd Fellow's Lodge, past grand, past district deputy grand master of district.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Burgess, Nicholson, two terms; school director, Nicholson, eighteen years.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1905 and 1907; gubernatorial appointee, Special Commission to Investigate the State Capitol Scandal, 1906-1907, not a candidate for reelection, 1908.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 23rd district, Bradford, Susquehanna and Wyoming Counties, 1909-1912; committee assignments, Agriculture, Appropriations, Elections, Forestry, Game and Fisheries, Judiciary Special, New Counties and County Seats; Chair, Mines and Mining Committee. 

Appointed, clerk, Pennsylvania Auditor General’s office, 1918. 

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Cited: 

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members S". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1912). Miller, H.P., (Compiler). Baker, W.H., (Assistant Compiler). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 1003, 1010-1013, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 984.

Elmira Daily Gazette and Free Press, November 24, 1902.

Moses Shields Jr. (1853-1922) - Find a Grave Memorial