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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | James B. Shepard |
| Address | Wake County
Raleigh, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
00, 1813
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| Died | June 17, 1871
(58 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
Apr 26, 2020 09:05pm |
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| Info | Editor, Raleigh Standard, 1840s
NC Senate (D-Wake) 1842-1843; defeated William H. Haywood for the nomination. Fayette Observer, 4/6/1842.
Candidate for Governor (D-NC) 1846. Defeated Walter F. Leake at the Democratic state convention in a contested vote. Leake initially ran as an Independent but was convinced to withdraw before the election took place.
State Director, NC Bank, 1851. Raleigh Register, 1/17/1852
Shepherd was the most prominent Democrat in North Carolina to join the Know Nothing movement in 1855 (Charlotte Observer, 7/25/1915). After the collapse of the Know Nothing movement, Shepherd withdrew from politics North Carolinian, 6/29/1871). He lived in Europe a few years after the end of the Civil War (Tarborough Southerner, 6/22/1871).
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