ETHER SHEPLEY

Shepley, Ether (1789-1877), a Senator from Maine; born in Groton, Mass., November 2, 1789; attended Groton Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1811; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1814 and began practice in Saco, Maine (until 1820 a district of Massachusetts); member, Massachusetts general court 1819; delegate to the Maine constitutional convention in 1820; United States attorney for the district of Maine 1821-1833; moved to Portland, Maine; elected as a Jacksonian to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1833, to March 3, 1836, when he resigned; chairman, Committee on Engrossed Bills (Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses); justice of the supreme court of Maine 1836-1848, chief justice 1848-1855; was not a candidate for renomination in 1854; appointed sole commissioner to revise the public laws of Maine in 1856; resumed the practice of his profession; died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, January 15, 1877; interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
Parents: John Shepley, Mary Gibson Thurlow
Spouse: Anne Foster
Born: 17 Sep 1790 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine
Died: 1 Apr 1868 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine
Marriage: 10 Jun 1816 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine
Children Sex Birth
Leonard D Shepley M
William Wallace Shepley M
John Rutledge Shepley M 15 Jun 1817 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine
George Foster Shepley M 1 Jan 1819 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell