Zebulon Rudd SHIPHERD, Congress, NY (1768-1841)

SHIPHERD, Zebulon Rudd, a Representative from New York; born in Granville, Washington County, N.Y., November 15, 1768; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Granville, N.Y.; was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1815); resumed the practice of his profession in Granville; trustee of Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt., 1819-1841; moved to Moriah, Essex County, about 1830, where he died November 1, 1841; interment in the Moriah Corners Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present