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  Sheppard, Morris
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AffiliationDemocratic  
 
NameMorris Sheppard
Address
Texarkana, Texas , United States
EmailNone
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Born May 28, 1875
DiedApril 09, 1941 (65 years)
ContributorWishful Thinking
Last ModifedRBH
Aug 27, 2015 01:04am
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Info(son of John Levi Sheppard, grandfather of Connie Mack III)

Born in Wheatville, Morris County, Tex., May 28, 1875; attended the common schools of various Texas towns; graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1895, from the law department of the same university in 1897, and from the law department of Yale University in 1898; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Pittsburg, Camp County, Tex., in 1898; moved to Texarkana in 1899 and continued the practice of his profession; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, John L. Sheppard; reelected to the Fifty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from November 15, 1902, to February 3, 1913, when he resigned; chairman, Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Sixty-second Congress); elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate on January 29, 1913, to fill the vacancy in the term ending March 3, 1913, caused by the resignation of Joseph W. Bailey, and on the same day was also elected for the term commencing March 4, 1913; reelected in 1918, 1924, 1930, and again in 1936; took the oath of office on February 3, 1913, and served until his death in Washington, D.C., April 9, 1941; Democratic whip 1929-1933; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses), Committee on the Census (Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Sixty-sixth Congress), Committee on Military Affairs (Seventy-third through Seventy-seventh Congresses); interment in Hillcrest Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.


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FAMILY
Wife Lucille Sanderson Connally 00, 1909-Apr 09, 1941
Daughter Susan McGillicuddy 1914-1997
Grandson Connie Mack III 1940-
Father John L. Sheppard 1852-1902

INFORMATION LINKS
RACES
  11/03/1936 TX US Senate Won 92.56% (+85.46%)
  07/25/1936 TX US Senate - D Primary Won 64.56% (+50.24%)
  11/04/1930 TX US Senate Won 86.91% (+74.18%)
  07/26/1930 TX US Senate - D Primary Won 71.06% (+47.53%)
  11/04/1924 TX US Senate Won 85.40% (+70.80%)
  07/29/1924 TX US Senate - D Primary Won 64.76% (+41.29%)
  11/05/1918 TX US Senate Won 86.69% (+74.28%)
  01/28/1913 TX US Senate - Appointment Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/04/1912 TX US Senate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/08/1910 TX District 01 Won 87.43% (+78.05%)
  11/03/1908 TX District 01 Won 84.68% (+71.47%)
  11/06/1906 TX District 01 Won 90.56% (+82.10%)
  11/08/1904 TX District 01 Won 72.05% (+44.10%)
  11/15/1902 TX District 04- Special Election Won 86.29% (+72.57%)
  11/04/1902 TX District 01 Won 83.22% (+66.43%)
ENDORSEMENTS
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 07, 1930 NPA Reject
TX US Senate - D Runoff - Aug 26, 1922 D Earle B. Mayfield