Talk:James Shields (politician, born 1806)

The Duel
I've read (on this site actually) that the duel between Shields and Lincoln was abandoned by Shields when Lincoln chose cavalry broadswords as a weapon, as his height would allow him a reach advantage. Here it says they were talked out of it by their seconds. Which is more accurate? Doom Music 14:15, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

That is the same story I heard. Lincoln chose swords, however Shields backed out after Lincoln cut off the large branch of a nearly tree in one swipe. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.57.96.1 (talk) 21:06, 15 September 2009 (UTC)


 * This was the story told in the documentary Lincoln: Prelude to the Presidency which I saw today. It also mentioned that the "seconds" of the two men stepped in and discussed halting the duel after Lincoln's shot felled that branch, and that the duel was called off due to the fact that the articles (other than the first one) were NOT written by Lincoln. Nhprman  20:57, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Principal of Freehold Academy in New Jersey?
Some old books in Google say so, though it's hard to fit into the biography offered here. Wareh (talk) 20:15, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Requested move 24 May 2015

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The result of the move request was: moved. Number   5  7  15:15, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

– No primary topic exists amongst the subjects at James Shields (disambiguation). If there is any primary topic, it's probably James Shields (baseball) due to search engine results, but I'm not convinced. Steel1943 (talk) 15:29, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
 * James Shields → James Shields (politician, born 1810)
 * James Shields (disambiguation) → James Shields
 * Support no primary In ictu oculi (talk) 00:01, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Support, no primary. ONR (talk) 16:20, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Ivanvector (talk) 18:31, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment - I support the move of the dab page to James Shields, but this article should be moved to James Shields (US senator) while James Shields (politician, born 1762) should be moved to James Shields (US representative) or alternatively to James Shields (Ohio) (state name is a common disambiguator among congressmen) or James Shields (congressman)/(US congressman) [with or without dots at U.S.]. The "born XXXX" fails recognizibility, naturalness and conciseness. Kraxler (talk) 15:21, 29 May 2015 (UTC)


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A suggested renaming of two men
There are two James Shields who served in the US Congress, this one served as Senator in three states, the other James Shields was a one term Representative from Ohio, and the uncle of this one (according to that page). Wouldn't it be easier and better aesthetically just to rename them James Shields (Senator) and James Shields (Representative) respectively? --Nofix (talk) 08:24, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
 * That is a good idea Rjensen (talk) 08:34, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I suggested this in the section directly above this one. Kraxler (talk) 12:23, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
 * My apologies, I skimmed right over that. So, with no dissent so far should we change it or not until there is more of a debate on it?--Nofix (talk) 03:41, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure, but are the targets that Kraxler proposed better? Ivanvector (talk) 18:59, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I guess so? Why not.--Nofix (talk) 10:41, 4 August 2015 (UTC)