William Biddle Shepard (May 14, 1799 – June 20, 1852) was acongressional representative fromNorth Carolina; born inNew Bern, North Carolina, May 14, 1799; completed preparatory studies; attended theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1813; was graduated from theUniversity of Pennsylvania atPhiladelphia; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice inCamden County, North Carolina, later removing toElizabeth City, North Carolina; also engaged in banking; elected to the Twenty-first through Twenty-third Congresses and elected as aWhig to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1837); chairman, Committee onDistrict of Columbia (Twenty-fourth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1836; member of thestate senate 1838-1840 and 1848–1850; member of theboard of trustees of the University of North Carolina 1838–1852; died in Elizabeth City, N.C., June 20, 1852; interment in St. Paul's Churchyard,Edenton, North Carolina.
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