Harry R. Sheppard

Harry R. Sheppard
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California
In office January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1965
Preceded by	Sam L. Collins
Succeeded by	Kenneth W. Dyal
Constituency	19th district (1937–43) 21st district (1943–53) 27th district (1953–63) 33rd district (1963–65)
Personal details
Born	(1885-01-10)January 10, 1885 Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Died	April 28, 1969(1969-04-28) (aged 84) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place	National Memorial Park, Falls Church, Virginia
Political party	Democratic

Harry Richard Sheppard (January 10, 1885 – April 28, 1969) was an American businessman and politician who served 14 terms as a U.S. representative from California, from 1937 to 1965.

Born in Mobile, Alabama, Sheppard attended public schools and studied law.

He then was employed in the transportation department of the Santa Fe Railroad and was an active committee member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. He also engaged in the copper business in Alaska and served as president and general manager of King's Beverage and King's Laboratories Corps. of California prior to 1934.

Sheppard was elected as a Democrat to the 75th United States Congress and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses. When he retired at the time of the 1964 elections, he was the dean of California's congressional delegation.

He died in Washington, D.C., on April 28, 1969, and was interred in National Memorial Park in nearby Falls Church, Virginia.^[1]

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