Trivia: Which of these states was NOT once represented by Senator James Shields?
Illinois
Minnesota
Missouri
Nevada
The correct answer is Nevada
So why is this answer correct? : James Shields is the only U.S. senator to have served three states: Illinois from 1849 to 1855, Minnesota from 1858 to 1859, and Missouri in 1879. Shields also served as a state legislator and a judge on the Illinois Supreme Court and fought as a brigadier general in the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War.