Lorenzo Brigham Shepard (May 27, 1821 – September 19, 1856) was an American lawyer and politician from

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Life

Lorenzo B. Shepard was the son of David Brewster Shepard (1798–1835), a New York City lawyer. At the age of 14, following the death of his parents, Shepard went to live in Oswego with his grandmother's brother David P. Brewster, a lawyer and congressman from 1839 to 1843. He studied law with Judge Ulysses D. French, was admitted to the bar in 1841, and practiced in partnership with French until 1848. On July 5, 1842, Shepard married Lucy Morse, with whom he had five children, among them Edward Morse Shepard (1850–1911) who was the Democratic candidate for

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. Lorenzo B. Shepard was a delegate to the

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of 1846. In 1848, he was appointed by President

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to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

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, but was removed in 1849 by President

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. Shepard was a delegate to the

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. On July 25, 1854, he was appointed by Gov.

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to fill the vacancy caused by the death of N. Bowditch Blunt, and remained in office until the end of the year. He was found dead at his home in the bath, with his head in the water and his feet on the floor, according to his obituary in the ''New York Times''. At the time of his sudden death, he was

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and Grand Sachem of

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. He was buried at the

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Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; page 531)
''Niles' National Register''
(issue of January 10, 1849)
''The Shepard Families of New England''
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in NYT on November 10, 1855
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in NYT on November 12, 1855
''Sudden Death of Lorenzo B. Shepard''
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in NYT on September 22, 1856 {{DEFAULTSORT:Shepard, Lorenzo B 1821 births 1856 deaths New York County District Attorneys People from Cairo, New York Politicians from Oswego, New York United States Attorneys for the Southern District of New York 19th-century American politicians Burials at New York Marble Cemetery