William Biddle Shepard

William Biddle Shepard

William Biddle Shepard (born May 14, 1799 in New Bern , North Carolina , †  June 20, 1852 in Elizabeth City , North Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1829 and 1837 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After elementary school, William Shepard studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill until 1813 . He then continued his studies at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia . After studying law and admission to the bar, he began working in the same profession in Camden County and later in Elizabeth City. Shepard also got into banking.

Politically, he was an opponent of President Andrew Jackson . In the mid-1830s he became a member of the Whig Party . In the congressional election of 1828 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of North Carolina , where he succeeded Lemuel Sawyer on March 4, 1829 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 4, 1837 . These were determined by the discussions about the policy of the incumbent President Jackson. It was about the controversial implementation of the Indian Removal Act , the nullification crisis with the state of South Carolina and the banking policy of the president. Shepard was chairman of the District of Columbia Administration Committee from 1835 to 1837.

In 1836 Shepard declined to run again. He served in the North Carolina Senate from 1838 to 1840 and from 1848 to 1850 . Since 1838 he was a curator of the University of North Carolina. William Shepard died in Elizabeth City on June 20, 1852.

Web links

• William Biddle Shepard in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Biddle Shepard in the database of Find a Grave (English)