U.S. Congressman. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1851, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1853, and commenced to practice law in Salisbury, North Carolina, in 1854. Entering politics, he was a member of the North Carolina State House of Commons (1862 to 1864) and served in the North Carolina State Senate in 1865. In 1869, he was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses, serving until 1873. Not a candidate for re-nomination, he was the judge of Rowan County, North Carolina (1877 to 1878) and Acting Secretary of the U.S. Senate (1881 to 1883). He was again a member of the North Carolina State Senate in 1887 and resumed the practice of law until his death. His son, Francis Emanuel Shober, was also a U.S. Congressman.
U.S. Congressman. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1851, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1853, and commenced to practice law in Salisbury, North Carolina, in 1854. Entering politics, he was a member of the North Carolina State House of Commons (1862 to 1864) and served in the North Carolina State Senate in 1865. In 1869, he was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses, serving until 1873. Not a candidate for re-nomination, he was the judge of Rowan County, North Carolina (1877 to 1878) and Acting Secretary of the U.S. Senate (1881 to 1883). He was again a member of the North Carolina State Senate in 1887 and resumed the practice of law until his death. His son, Francis Emanuel Shober, was also a U.S. Congressman.
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