http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=William_Biddle_Shepard 2026-06-02T13:31:30Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.1 http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=William_Biddle_Shepard&diff=2458375&oldid=prev 2024-12-11T01:24:51Z

<p>added <a href="/wiki143/index.php?title=Category:19th-century_members_of_the_North_Carolina_General_Assembly&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:19th-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly (page does not exist)">Category:19th-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|American politician}}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;William Biddle Shepard&#039;&#039;&#039; (May 14, 1799 – June 20, 1852) was a [[United States House of Representatives|congressional representative]] from [[North Carolina]]; born in [[New Bern, North Carolina]], May 14, 1799; completed preparatory studies; attended the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] in 1813; was graduated from the [[University of Pennsylvania]] at [[Philadelphia]]; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in [[Camden County, North Carolina]], later removing to [[Elizabeth City, North Carolina]]; also engaged in banking; elected to the Twenty-first through Twenty-third Congresses and elected as a [[United States Whig Party|Whig]] to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1837); chairman, Committee on [[District of Columbia]] (Twenty-fourth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1836; member of the [[North Carolina General Assembly|state senate]] 1838-1840 and 1848–1850; member of the [[board of trustees]] of the University of North Carolina 1838–1852; died in Elizabeth City, N.C., June 20, 1852; interment in St. Paul&#039;s Churchyard, [[Edenton, North Carolina]].<br /> [[File:WilliamBiddleShepard.jpg|thumbnail|William Biddle Shepard,US Representative from North Carolina|300px]]<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Twenty-first United States Congress]]<br /> *[[Twenty-second United States Congress]]<br /> *[[Twenty-third United States Congress]]<br /> *[[Twenty-fourth United States Congress]]<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> * {{congbio|S000331}}<br /> * {{Find a Grave|8054738}}<br /> <br /> {{s-start}}<br /> {{s-par|us-hs}}<br /> {{US House succession box<br /> | state=North Carolina<br /> | district=1<br /> | before=[[Lemuel Sawyer]]<br /> | years=1829–1837<br /> | after=[[Samuel T. Sawyer]]<br /> }}<br /> {{s-end}}<br /> {{US House District of Columbia chairs}}<br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Shepard, William Biddle}}<br /> [[Category:North Carolina state senators]]<br /> [[Category:1799 births]]<br /> [[Category:1852 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:North Carolina Whigs]]<br /> [[Category:Politicians from New Bern, North Carolina]]<br /> [[Category:National Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina]]<br /> [[Category:People from Elizabeth City, North Carolina]]<br /> [[Category:University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni]]<br /> [[Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives]]<br /> [[Category:19th-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{NorthCarolina-politician-stub}}</div>

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