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James Shields

Senator from MO · Served 1849–1881 (32 years)

Senate sealSenateDemocratMO
Birth countryIreland
Chamber

Senate

First elected

1849

Status

Left office 1881

Non-citizen voting in Ireland

Partial — local only

EU and UK citizens may vote in local and European Parliament elections. Non-EU residents are excluded from national elections.

Partial / local elections only

James Shields was born in a country with limited non-citizen voting rights, typically at the local level only.

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