SHAW, John Gilbert, a Representative from North Carolina; born near Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C., January 16, 1859; attended the common schools; engaged in the naval-stores business; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1888 and commenced practice in Fayetteville; member of the State house of representatives in 1888; prosecuting attorney for Cumberland County 1890-1894; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Fayetteville, N.C., until his death in that city on July 21, 1932; interment in MacPherson Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
(Source: Biographical Directory of the United States 1774-present. Image: An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives )

SHAW, JOHN G., business man, lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 16, 1859, near Fayetteville, N. C. He located at Fayetteville, N. C, and was elected county attorney for Cumberland County in 1890, and held the position for four years. He was a democratic candidate for presidential elector in 1892 and was elected; and was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a democrat.
[Herringshaw's encyclopedia of American biography of the nineteenth century; Edited by Thomas William Herringshaw; Publ. 1901; Donated and Transcribed by Andrea Stawski Pack]