He served the 16th Senate District, which encompasses most of the western portion of Franklin County, Ohio.
Upon opening his private legal practice, he married Elsie Melvilla Murray, also of Columbus, in St. Mary's, West Virginia on September 28, 1931.
[7] He retired from the Senate later that year, following the death of his wife, Elsie, and was succeeded by Donald L.
[8] During his subsequent retirement, he married his childhood sweetheart, Mabel Damsel, in Columbus on May 16, 1980.
Senator Shaw died in Columbus on March 27, 1985, and was buried in Union Cemetery.