Harry Richard Sheppard (January 10, 1885 – April 28, 1969) was an American businessman and politician who served as a

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from

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from 1937 to 1965,

Biography

Born in

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, Sheppard attended the public schools. He studied law. He was employed in transportation department of the Santa Fe Railroad. He was an active committee member of the

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. He engaged in the copper business in Alaska. He served as president and general manager of King's Beverage and King's Laboratories Corps. of California until 1934.

Congress

Sheppard was elected as a

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to the Seventy-fifth and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1965). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress.

Death

He died in

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, April 28, 1969. He was interred in National Memorial Park,

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* 1885 births 1969 deaths Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California 20th-century American politicians Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen people Trade unionists from California {{California-Representative-stub