Augustine Henry Shepperd

Who was Augustine Henry Shepperd?

Augustine Henry Shepperd was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Rockford, North Carolina, February 24, 1792; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Surry County, North Carolina; member of the State house of representatives 1822-1826; elected to the Twentieth through Twenty-third Congresses and elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress; chairman, Committee on Public Expenditures; elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses; declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1850; resumed the practice of his profession; died at "Good Spring," Salem, North Carolina, July 11, 1864; interment in Salem Cemetery.