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bgcolor="#FFFFFF">SHEPPARD (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/s.html#S163">Soundex S163</a>) — See also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#CLIPPARD">CLIPPARD</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#DEPPA">DEPPA</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#EPPA">EPPA</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#EPPARD">EPPARD</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leonardo-lessler.html#LEPPARD">LEPPARD</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#LIPPARD">LIPPARD</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pennoyer-perk.html#PEPPARD">PEPPARD</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phillipson-picket.html#PHIPPARD">PHIPPARD</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/renaud-republican.html#REPPARD">REPPARD</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ryans-rzewnicki.html#RZEPPA">RZEPPA</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sena-serphin.html#SEPPALA">SEPPALA</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shantz-sharon.html#SHAPARD">SHAPARD</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sheldrick-shenk.html#SHEP">SHEP</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shepard.html#SHEPARD">SHEPARD</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shepardson-shepley.html#SHEPHARD">SHEPHARD</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shepardson-shepley.html#SHEPHERD">SHEPHERD</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shepardson-shepley.html#SHEPP">SHEPP</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shepperd-sherlock.html#SHEPPE">SHEPPE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shepperd-sherlock.html#SHEPPERD">SHEPPERD</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shepperd-sherlock.html#SHEPPERSON">SHEPPERSON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shepperd-sherlock.html#SHEPPY">SHEPPY</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#SHIPHERD">SHIPHERD</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zebb-ziegenheim.html#ZEPPA">ZEPPA</a>. </td></tr></table> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> SHEPPARD: See also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#620.19.58">Frederick Paul Adkins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#480.08.28">Bertha Sheppard Adkins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexandre-allee.html#011.56.83">Maysel Louise Alford</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/armstrong.html#801.58.69">Lawrence Sheppard Armstrong</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/arnold.html#023.73.26">Richard Sheppard Arnold</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/arnold.html#001.09.24">Morris Sheppard Arnold</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boghos-boker.html#734.22.81">Barbara Bohannan-Sheppard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cole.html#283.67.40">Sheppard B. Cole</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haywood.html#962.85.27">William Henry Haywood Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hopkinson-hormann.html#731.16.78">James Richard Hopley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leakin-leaver.html#161.67.34">Sheppard C. Leakin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mack.html#756.65.00">Connie Mack III</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moffat-molumby.html#742.15.03">Richard Sheppard Molony</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#059.61.96">Charles Augustus Otis, Sr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/payne-payrow.html#127.17.26">Jason Elihu Payne</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#570.91.33">Betty Sheppard Poe</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/royal-rubin.html#736.88.91">Sheppard H. Royle</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="685.55.42">Sheppard, B. Ford</a> — Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="420.95.74">Sheppard, Barry</a> — Green. Candidate for Presidential Elector for California. Still living as of 2020. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="555.13.27">Sheppard, Benjamin</a> — of Dobbs County (part now in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GE-lived.html">Greene County</a>), N.C.; Glasgow County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GE-lived.html">Greene County</a>), N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Dobbs County, 1781, 1788-89; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a>, 1787, 1791, 1793-97 (Dobbs County 1787, 1791, Glasgow County 1793-97). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="798.12.57">Sheppard, Budd Edward</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 20th District, 1962. Still living as of 1962. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="741.76.95">Sheppard, Mrs. C. G.</a> — of Hutchinson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/MD-lived.html">McLeod County</a>, Minn. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/MN.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="920.90.26">Sheppard, Carl D.</a> — of Akron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/SU-lived.html">Summit County</a>, Ohio. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/OH.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="778.33.39">Sheppard, Dalton, Jr.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LX-lived.html">Lexington County</a>, S.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> 90th District, 1980-82. Still living as of 1982. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="010.77.04">Sheppard, Daniel</a> — of Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-lived.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y. American Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a>, 1952 (26th District), 1954 (27th District). Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="041.92.07">Sheppard, David Lee</a> — also known as David L. Sheppard — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/UP-lived.html">Upshur County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Upshur County, 1961-62. Still living as of 1962. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sheppard, Edmund See <a href="#744.34.47">J. Edmund Sheppard</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="933.27.12">Sheppard, Edward</a> — of Kennewick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/BE-lived.html">Benton County</a>, Wash. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/kennewick.html">Mayor of Kennewick, Wash.</a>, 1905-06. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="456.89.29">Sheppard, Eleanor Parker</a> (1907-1991) — also known as Eleanor P. Sheppard; Eleanor Parker — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-lived.html">Richmond</a>, Va. Born in Pelham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MT-born.html">Mitchell County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/07-24.html">July 24, 1907</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/richmond.html">Mayor of Richmond, Va.</a>, 1962-64; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1967-76. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">First</a> woman mayor in Virginia. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-died.html">Richmond</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1991/03-13.html">March 13, 1991</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 232 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-buried.html# ">Forest Lawn Cemetery</a>, Richmond, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of John W. Parker; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/02-23.html">February 23, 1928</a>, to Thomas E. Sheppard.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Overby-Sheppard <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Elementary School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ri-names.html">Richmond, Virginia</a>, is partly <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for her</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor P. Sheppard">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/144850047">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sheppard, Emmett See <a href="#773.29.69">W. Emmett Sheppard</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="077.21.88">Sheppard, Everette T., Sr.</a> — Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sheppard, Ford See <a href="#685.55.42">B. Ford Sheppard</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="338.81.15">Sheppard, Guy</a> — of Santa Fe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/SF-lived.html">Santa Fe County</a>, N.M. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/NM.html">1944</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/NM.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="554.69.65">Sheppard, H. D.</a> — of Hanover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/YO-lived.html">York County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/PA.html">1936</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="350.30.79">Sheppard, H. W.</a> — of Georgia. Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> 1st District, 1942, 1946. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="664.87.25">Sheppard, Harry Richard</a> (1885-1969) — also known as Harry R. Sheppard — of Yucaipa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SB-lived.html">San Bernardino County</a>, Calif. Born in Mobile, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MO-born.html">Mobile County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/01-10.html">January 10, 1885</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad worker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/soft-drink.html">beverage business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a>, 1937-65 (19th District 1937-43, 21st District 1943-53, 27th District 1953-63, 33rd District 1963-65); delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/CA.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/CA.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/CA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/CA.html">1960</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen</a>. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a> at George Washington University <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/04-28.html">April 28, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 108 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FX-buried.html#cms04349">National Memorial Park</a>, Near Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/05-24.html">May 24, 1933</a>, to Mary O'Keefe Olson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000335">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409832">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry R. Sheppard">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="199.44.75">Sheppard, Henry</a> — of New York. Communist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> at-large, 1934. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="249.51.52">Sheppard, Henry C.</a> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BZ-consuls.html">Commercial Agent (Consul) for Brazil</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-consuls.html">Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1906-07; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BZ-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Brazil</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-consuls.html">Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1929. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="744.34.47">Sheppard, J. Edmund</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Cumberland County, 1861-62. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="087.44.74">Sheppard, J. T.</a> — of Nelsonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AT-lived.html">Athens County</a>, Ohio. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/nelsonville.html#2">Nelsonville, Ohio</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="853.73.49">Sheppard, James, Jr.</a> — of Stafford Springs, Stafford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-lived.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stafford.html#3">Warden (borough president) of Stafford Springs, Connecticut</a>, 1920-22. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="681.93.89">Sheppard, James</a> — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/PA.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="458.96.17">Sheppard, James B.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for North Carolina</a>, 1840. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="128.45.38">Sheppard, James C.</a> — of San Marino, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/CA.html">1940</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/CA.html">1960</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="794.12.60">Sheppard, James O.</a> — of Edgefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ED-lived.html">Edgefield County</a>, S.C. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/SC.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/SC.html">1940</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="916.12.02">Sheppard, Jeanie Rumsey</a> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cr21.html">Delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="595.24.44">Sheppard, John</a> — of Dobbs County (part now in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/LR-lived.html">Lenoir County</a>), N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Dobbs County, 1784. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="821.39.44">Sheppard, John A.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LO-lived.html">Logan County</a>, W.Va. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 7th District, 1891-94. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="624.39.02">Sheppard, John Calhoun</a> (1850-1931) — also known as John C. Sheppard — of Edgefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ED-lived.html">Edgefield County</a>, S.C. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/07-05.html">July 5, 1850</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/SC.html">1876</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/SC.html">1904</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/officers.html">Honorary Vice-President</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/speakers.html">speaker</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Carolina</a>, 1886. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/10-17.html">October 17, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 104 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ED-buried.html#cms02416">Willow Brook Cemetery</a>, Edgefield, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/calhoun.html#210.17.82">John C. Calhoun</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-calhoun-sheppard/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="453.58.95">Sheppard, John Elza</a> (d. 1922) — of Americus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/SU-lived.html">Sumter County</a>, Ga. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/americus.html">Mayor of Americus, Ga.</a>, 1918-22; died in office 1922. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/index.html">1922</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="149.82.88">Sheppard, John L.</a> — Single Tax candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 2nd District, 1922. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="249.23.21">Sheppard, John Levi</a> (1852-1902) — also known as John L. Sheppard — of Texarkana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BO-lived.html">Bowie County</a>, Tex. Born in Bluffton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CE-born.html">Cherokee County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/04-13.html">April 13, 1852</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; district judge in Texas, 1888-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 4th District, 1899-1902; died in office 1902. Died in Eureka Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CL-died.html">Carroll County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/10-11.html">October 11, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 181 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BO-buried.html#cms01770">Rose Hill Cemetery</a>, Texarkana, Tex. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Turner Sheppard and Amanda Melvina (Morris) Sheppard; married to Margaret Alice Eddins; father of <a href="#665.28.84">John Morris Sheppard</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/arnold.html#023.73.26">Richard Sheppard Arnold</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mack.html#756.65.00">Connie Mack III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/arnold.html#001.09.24">Morris Sheppard Arnold</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mack.html#144.10.24">Connie Mack IV</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11019.html">Sheppard-Arnold family</a> of Texarkana, Texas.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000336">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409833">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Levi Sheppard">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7785503">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="665.28.84">Sheppard, John Morris</a> (1875-1941) — also known as Morris Sheppard — of Texarkana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BO-lived.html">Bowie County</a>, Tex. Born in Wheatville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/MS-born.html">Morris County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/05-28.html">May 28, 1875</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a>, 1902-13 (4th District 1902-03, 1st District 1903-13); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Texas</a>, 1913-41; died in office 1941. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen of the World</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">brain hemorrhage</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/walter-reed.html">Walter Reed Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/04-09.html">April 9, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 316 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BO-buried.html#cms01769">Hillcrest Cemetery</a>, Texarkana, Tex. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#249.23.21">John Levi Sheppard</a> and Margaret Alice (Eddins) Sheppard; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/12-01.html">December 1, 1909</a>, to Lucile Ferguson Sanderson (who later married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conlan-connellan.html#891.83.06">Thomas Terry Connally</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/arnold.html#023.73.26">Richard Sheppard Arnold</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mack.html#756.65.00">Connie Mack III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/arnold.html#001.09.24">Morris Sheppard Arnold</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mack.html#144.10.24">Connie Mack IV</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11019.html">Sheppard-Arnold family</a> of Texarkana, Texas.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Sheppard <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-forts.html">Air Force Base</a> (opened 1941 as Sheppard Field; runways are shared with the Wichita Falls Regional <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-airports.html">Airport</a>), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WC-names.html">Wichita County, Texas</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000337">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409834">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris Sheppard">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7785490">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="533.63.05">Sheppard, John S.</a> — of Penn Yan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/YA-lived.html">Yates County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/NY.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="037.78.11">Sheppard, Joseph Frank</a> — also known as Joseph F. Sheppard — of Ypsilanti Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Republican. Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ypsilanti-twp.html">supervisor of Ypsilanti Township, Michigan</a>, 1931, 1932 (primary). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="335.73.28">Sheppard, Kenneth</a> — of Blountstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/CA-lived.html">Calhoun County</a>, Fla. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/FL.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="745.34.45">Sheppard, L. E.</a> — of Texas. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas. Still living as of 1992. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="568.77.35">Sheppard, Lawrence B.</a> — Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="046.08.24">Sheppard, Lawrence B.</a> — of Hanover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/YO-lived.html">York County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/PA.html">1964</a>. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="161.19.06">Sheppard, Martha</a> — of Ferndale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MI.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1956. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="253.21.63">Sheppard, Martin G.</a> — of Glasgow County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GE-lived.html">Greene County</a>), N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Glasgow County, 1793-94, 1796-98. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="792.85.71">Sheppard, Morris</a> — of Towanda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BR-lived.html">Bradford County</a>, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/PA.html">1896</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sheppard, Morris See <a href="#665.28.84">John Morris Sheppard</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="372.84.38">Sheppard, Morris F.</a> — of Penn Yan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/YA-lived.html">Yates County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Yates County, 1828-30. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="112.91.37">Sheppard, Morris F.</a> — of Penn Yan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/YA-lived.html">Yates County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/NY.html">1892</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/NY.html">1904</a> (alternate); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Yates County, 1893. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="988.21.75">Sheppard, Ray R.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/MD-lived.html">McLeod County</a>, Minn. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 22nd District, 1934. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="455.89.93">Sheppard, Raymond</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Cumberland County, 1914-17. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="212.36.71">Sheppard, Richard H.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/WA-lived.html">Warren County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Warren County, 1893. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="171.02.73">Sheppard, Robert M.</a> — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Jackson County 9th District, 1949-50; defeated, 1946. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="644.59.18">Sheppard, Sheldon L.</a> — of Bloomfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/bloomfield.html#3">Bloomfield, Conn.</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="213.60.49">Sheppard, TaKeysha</a> — of Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/OH.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="271.81.38">Sheppard, V. A.</a> — of Richmond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/RY-lived.html">Ray County</a>, Mo. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/RY-parties.html">Chair of Ray County Republican Party</a>, 1949. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="773.29.69">Sheppard, W. Emmett</a> — of Austin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-lived.html">Travis County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/TX.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/TX.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/TX.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="536.22.84">Sheppard, W. H.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BA-lived.html">Beaufort County</a>, S.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Beaufort County, 1884-86. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sheppard, W. T. See <a href="#896.54.05">William Taylor Sheppard</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="483.49.80">Sheppard, Walter W.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia</a>, 1932-33. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="213.76.11">Sheppard, William</a> — of Dobbs County (part now in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/LR-lived.html">Lenoir County</a>), N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Dobbs County, 1785, 1787. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="948.52.90">Sheppard, William Bostwick</a> (1860-1934) — also known as William B. Sheppard — of Apalachicola, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Fla. Born in Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LI-born.html">Liberty County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/10-04.html">October 4, 1860</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/FLcc nAPA">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1891; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida</a>, 1903-07; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Florida</a>, 1907-34; died in office 1934. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/04-21.html">April 21, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 199 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2174&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/sheppard-william-bostwick">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="231.75.59">Sheppard, William C.</a> — of Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Member of Michigan Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1899. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="906.62.10">Sheppard, William E.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WI-lived.html">Wicomico County</a>, Md. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a> from Wicomico County, 1884. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8413555658/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/896/54.05.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="W. T. Sheppard"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="896.54.05">Sheppard, William Taylor</a> (b. 1877) — also known as W. T. Sheppard — of Smoot, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GR-lived.html">Greenbrier County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FY-born.html">Fayette County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/04-16.html">April 16, 1877</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Greenbrier County, 1927-30. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Modern Woodmen</a>. 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