Background
Oscar Leslie Shepard was born in Albany, Vermont on March 24, 1894 and was raised in Hardwick.
Oscar Leslie Shepard was born in Albany, Vermont on March 24, 1894 and was raised in Hardwick.
Shepard graduated from Lowell Commercial College in Lowell, Massachusetts 1914 and became employed by a Hardwick law firm.
He enlisted in the Army for World War I. Shepard served in the Ordnance Corps in the Washington, District of Columbia From 1924 to 1932 Shepard served as Caledonia County State"s Attorney. Shepard was a Hardwick Village Trustee from 1933 to 1952 and Town Meeting Moderator from 1934 to 1955. In 1936 Shepard was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives and served two terms.
He was Speaker from 1939 to 1941.
In 1940 Shepard was an unsuccessful candidate for Lieutenant Governor, losing the Republican primary to Mortimer R. Proctor. From 1941 to 1945 he served on the Vermont Banking Board.
When Proctor became Governor in 1945 he appointed Shepard as his Executive Assistant. In the 1950s Shepard served as Chairman of the Vermont Public Service Commission.
Shepard died in Morrisville, Vermont on November 23, 1980 and was buried in Morrisville"s Pleasant View Cemetery.