Biography

05/30/1913 - 04/17/1990

SHIELDS, Jesse J., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born in Giddings, Lee County, Tx., May 30, 1913; attended, Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College; attended, Hughes Business College; attended, LaSalle Extension University; moving picture projectionist; licensed real estate agent; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1957 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1959 term; member, 47th Ward Democratic Committee (1959-1969); probation officer, Probation and Parole Division, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County (1961-1977); died, April 17, 1990 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Chelten Hills Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.