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He was born on July 23, 1850 in New York, United States, the son of Lorenzo Brigham and Lucy (Morse) Shepard. His father, an able lawyer and active Democrat, died when Edward was six years old, and Abram S. Hewitt became guardian of the Shepard children. From early childhood Edward lived in Brooklyn, spending his summers at Lake George, near his mother's birthplace.
He received his early education principally in the schools of Brooklyn and New York, and in 1869 was graduated with the highest distinction from the College of the City of New York.
After reading law in the office of his father's former partner, he was admitted to the bar in 1871, and immediately entered upon a legal career. Although a specialist in civil practice, he, nevertheless, displayed professional mastery as special deputy attorney general in the criminal prosecution of John Y. McKane in 1893-94 for flagrant election frauds, and also in his defense of Dr. Algernon C. Crapsey, whose case involved canon law.
A disciple of Jefferson and Van Buren, Shepard was a power in the Democratic party. The "bosses" both feared him and tried to make use of him. At a price he would not pay he might have attained high place, but at the demand of principle he readily subordinated self-interest, as his part in organizing the Young Men's Democratic Club of Brooklyn and the fact that in 1895 he was independent Democratic candidate for mayor of Brooklyn indicate.
He accepted nomination for mayor of New York on the regular Democratic ticket in 1901, running against Seth Low. He was one of the leaders in the movement that brought about the nomination for governor of John A. Dix in 1910, and it was expected that the Democratic legislature would, in 1911, elect Shepard to the United States Senate, but opposition within the party arose and Shepard and his opponent withdrew in favor of James A. O'Gorman.
By appointment he served as forestry commissioner of New York in 1884-85, a member of the Brooklyn water commission in 1889-90, and a commissioner of the Saratoga Springs Reservation in 1909. In collaboration with Everett P. Wheeler, he drew the bill that applied the principles of civil service reform to New York. Upon its passage in 1883 he was appointed to the Brooklyn civil service commission, serving from 1883 to 1885 and, as chairman, from 1888 to 1890. When the application of the system became mandatory in municipalities in 1884, Shepard wrote the regulations for Brooklyn. He embodied his views in a paper, The Competitive Test and the Civil Service of States and Cities (1884).
Shepard had part in several educational endeavors, but rendered his most continuous service to the College of the City of New York. A trustee from 1900 to 1911, and chairman of the board from 1904 to 1911, he gave to every detail of college business the most thorough consideration, and to larger matters of policy both vision and practical wisdom.
He died at Lake George, New York.
In his own field Edward Morse Shepard rendered his most memorable service as counsel to the New York Rapid Transit Commission and to the Pennsylvania Railroad. He helped to organize the Young Men's Democratic Club of Brooklyn. He drew the bill, that applied the principles of civil service reform, these regulations are written in his famous paper The Competitive Test and the Civil Service of States and Cities (1884). Although he wrote much on law and politics for periodicals he produced only one book, Martin Van Buren (1888). He is commemorated at Lake George, New York, by a memorial park and a monument.
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In 1896, as a "Gold Democrat, " he supported John M. Palmer for president in preference to Bryan, but in 1900, believing imperialism the most important issue, he supported Bryan. His action was due to his belief in party regularity and his feeling that reform should come from within.
He was distinguished by unusual ability and the highest ethical standards. Though an effective speaker and a man of broad contacts, he cherished a quiet life devoted to work, study, and the close fellowship of friends. This fact, however, indicated no inaccessibility of nature; for he was as democratic in spirit as he was patrician in manner.
He never married, but enjoyed the life of the home in intimate association with his married brother and sister and their children.
