{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name =Joseph Hooker Shea | honorific_suffix = | image =File:Joseph Hooker Shea circa 1915.png| alt = | caption =Shea circa 1915 | order = | office = [[United States Ambassador to Chile]] | term_start =May 30, 1916 | term_end =May 5, 1921 | deputy = | lieutenant = | monarch = | president =[[Woodrow Wilson]]| predecessor =[[Henry Prather Fletcher]] | successor =[[William Miller Collier]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1863|7|24}} | birth_place = [[Lexington, Indiana]], US | death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=y|1928|12|23|1863|7|24}} | death_place = [[Indianapolis, Indiana]], US }}

'''Joseph Hooker Shea''' (July 24, 1863 – December 23, 1928) was the [[United States Ambassador to Chile]] from 1916 to 1921.<ref name=obit/>

==Biography== He was born on July 24, 1862. Shea was a member of the [[Indiana Senate]] from 1897 to 1899. He was a judge of the [[Fortieth Judicial Circuit of Indiana]] from 1906 to 1912, then a judge of the [[Indiana Court of Appeals]] from 1913 to 1916.<ref name=obit/>

He was the [[United States Ambassador to Chile]] from May 30, 1916, to May 5, 1921.<ref>{{cite news |title=Names Shea for Chilean Post |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/03/04/104667477.pdf |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=March 4, 1916 |access-date=2013-12-20 }}</ref>

He died on December 23, 1928.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |title=Joseph H. Shea Dies. Ex-Envoy to Chile. Appointed Ambassador by Wilson. Had Served on Indiana Bench |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1928/12/23/archives/joseph-h-shea-dies-exenvoy-to-chile-appointed-ambassador-by-wilson.html |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=December 23, 1928 |access-date=2013-12-20 }}</ref> He was buried in [[Saint Patricks Catholic Cemetery]] in [[Madison, Indiana]].

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==External links== *{{Find a Grave|8935}}

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