title: Charles Biddle Shepard
text: Charles Biddle Shepard (December 5, 1808 – October 25, 1843) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in New Bern, North Carolina, December 5, 1808; attended private schools of his native city and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1827; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1828 and commenced practice in New Bern, N.C.; elected to the State house of representatives to fill out the unexpired term of Jesse Speight and served in 1831 and 1832; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841); resumed the practice of his profession; died in New Bern, N.C., October 25, 1843; interment in Cedar Grove Cemetery.
  
  See also
  
   Twenty-fifth United States Congress
   Twenty-sixth United States Congress
  
  References
  
  External links
   U.S. Congressional Biographical Directory
   
  
  1808 births
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni
  1843 deaths
  Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives
  North Carolina Democrats
  Politicians from New Bern, North Carolina
  Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina
  19th-century American politicians