Morris Sheppard

John Morris Sheppard (May 28, 1875 - April 9, 1941) was a Democratic United States Congressman and United States Senator from Texas. Born in Morris County, Texas to lawyer, and later judge and United States Congressman, John Levi Sheppard. May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other one being the Republican Party. ... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... Official language(s) See: Languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 268,581 sq. ... Morris County is a county located in the state of Texas. ... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ...

Sheppard studied at the University of Texas at Austin, earning a law degree in 1897. After attending Yale University, he began practicing law with his father in Pittsburg, Texas and later Texarkana. The University of Texas at Austin, often called UT or Texas, is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. ... Yale redirects here. ... Pittsburg is a city located in Camp County, Texas. ... Texarkana (Texas-Arkansas) is a divided city in the southern United States with a combined population of 61,230, as of the 2000 United States Census. ...

In 1902, Morris Sheppard was elected as a Democrat to replace his deceased father in the House of Representatives. He held this seat until his resignation in 1913, when he succeeded in his bid to fill a vacancy in the Senate. During his tenure, he was a vocal supporter of the temperance movement. He helped write the Webb-Kenyon Act (1913) to regulate the interstate shipment of alcoholic beverages, authored the Sheppard Bill (1916) to impose prohibition on the District of Columbia, introduced the Senate resolution for the Eighteenth Amendment establishing national prohibition, and helped write the Volstead Act which provided for its enforcement. Sheppard held his seat until his death in Washington, D.C. in 1941, serving as Democratic whip between 1929 and 1933. The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other one being the Republican Party. ... House of Representatives is a name used for legislative bodies in many countries. ... A cartoon from Australia ca. ... Bottles of cachaça, a Brazilian alcoholic beverage. ... ... Prohibition agents destroying barrels of alcohol. ... The National Prohibition Act of 1919 (more popularly known as the Volstead Act, ch. ... Nickname: the District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Official website: http://www. ...

Sheppard is perhaps best known for asserting that "There is as much chance of repealing the eighteenth amendment as there is for a hummingbird to fly to the planet Mars with the Washington Monument tied to its tail."

Sheppard's wife, Lucille Sanderson, married the other Texas senator, Tom Connally, the year after Sheppard's death [1]. Sheppard and his wife were the grandparents of Connie Mack III, U.S. Senator from Florida, and great-grandparents of Connie Mack IV, U.S. Representative from Florida. Thomas Terry Connally (born August 19, 1877 near Hewitt, McLennan County, Texas; died October 28, 1963 in Washington, DC) was an American politician, who represented Texas in both the US Senate and the House of Representatives. ... Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy III (born October 29, 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), known as Connie Mack for short, is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1989 and of the United States Senate from 1989 to 2001, all from Florida. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,794 sq. ... Cornelius McGillicuddy IV (born August 12, 1967 in Fort Myers, Florida), known as Connie Mack IV, is a Republican from Florida, elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2004, representing the states 14th Congressional district (map). ...

Future U.S. President and then-representative Lyndon Johnson ran unsuccessfully for Sheppard's Senate seat in the special election caused by his death in 1941. Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908–January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ...

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The chamber of the United States House of Representatives is located in the south wing of the Capitol building, in Washington, D.C.. This photograph shows a rare glimpse of the four vote tallying boards (the blackish squares across the top), which display each members name and vote as... The current boundaries of Texas District 1. ... Official language(s) See: Languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 268,581 sq. ... Texas was admitted to the Union on December 29 1845. ... Andrew Jackson Houston, (June 21, 1854 - June 26, 1941), was an American politician. ...

References

• Entry for Morris Sheppard from the Handbook of Texas Online
• Morris Sheppard at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Washington Post, September 25, 1930, p. 5.

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External links

• National Prohibition of Alcohol in the U.S.