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| name = Joseph Crockett Shaffer
| name = Joseph Shaffer
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| office = [[United States Attorney]] for the {{nowrap|[[United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia|Western District of Virginia]]}}
| district = 9th
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| term_start = March 4, 1929
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| term_end = March 3, 1931
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| predecessor = [[George C. Peery]]
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| successor = [[John W. Flannagan, Jr.]]
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| term_end1 = 1929
| president1 = [[Calvin Coolidge]]
| predecessor1= Lewis P. Summers
| successor1 = John Paul Jr.
| district2 = [[Virginia’s 9th congressional district|9th]]
| term_start2 = March 4, 1929
| term_end2 = March 3, 1931
| predecessor2= [[George C. Peery]]
| successor2 = [[John W. Flannagan Jr.]]
| office3 = [[Commonwealth’s Attorney]] for {{nowrap|[[Wythe County, Virginia|Wythe County]]}}
| term_start3 = January 1, 1908
| term_end3 = December 31, 1911
| predecessor3= H. M. Heuser
| successor3 = Stuart B. Campbell
| birth_name = Joseph Crockett Shaffer
| birth_date = {{birth date|1880|01|19}}
| birth_place = {{nowrap|[[Wythe County, Virginia]], U.S.}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1958|10|19|1880|01|19}}
| death_place = [[Abingdon, Virginia]], U.S.
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| education = [[University of Virginia]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])
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American politician (1880–1958)
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Joseph C. Shaffer |
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| In office 1932–1933 |
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| President | Herbert Hoover |
| Preceded by | John Paul Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Joseph H. Chitwood |
| In office 1924–1929 |
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| President | Calvin Coolidge |
| Preceded by | Lewis P. Summers |
| Succeeded by | John Paul Jr. |
| In office March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931 |
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| Preceded by | George C. Peery |
| Succeeded by | John W. Flannagan Jr. |
| In office January 1, 1908 – December 31, 1911 |
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| Preceded by | H. M. Heuser |
| Succeeded by | Stuart B. Campbell |
| Born | Joseph Crockett Shaffer January 19, 1880 |
| Died | October 19, 1958 (aged 78) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | University of Virginia (LLB) |
Joseph Crockett Shaffer (January 19, 1880 – October 19, 1958) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.
Born near Wytheville, Virginia, Shaffer attended the Wytheville public schools.
He was graduated from Plummer College in Wytheville in 1902 and from the law department of the University of Virginia in 1904.
He was admitted to the bar in 1904 and commenced practice in Wytheville.
He served as Commonwealth’s Attorney of Wythe County 1908-1912.
He served as assistant United States district attorney in the years 1920-1924 and served as United States attorney for the western district of Virginia from 1924-1929.
Shaffer was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first Congress (March 4, 1929–March 3, 1931).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress.
He was reappointed United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, serving from 1931 until his resignation in 1932.
He resumed the private practice of law.
Shaffer was a stockholder and officer in Wythe County National Bank.
He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1940.
He died in Abingdon, Virginia, and was interred in St. John’s Church Cemetery, Wytheville.
This article incorporates public domain material from Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Federal government of the United States.
