John Ben Shepperd (October 19, 1915—March 8, 1990) was a reform-oriented Texas Democratic politician who, as his state’s attorney general from 1953-1957, fought corruption in high places. A versatile lawyer and businessman, Shepperd maintained residences in his native Gladewater in East Texas and also in Odessa, the center of Permian Basin petroleum in West Texas. In 1950, Governor Allan Shivers named Shepperd as secretary of state, an appointed position in Texas.

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  • John Ben Shepperd (October 19, 1915—March 8, 1990) was a reform-oriented Texas Democratic politician who, as his state’s attorney general from 1953-1957, fought corruption in high places. A versatile lawyer and businessman, Shepperd maintained residences in his native Gladewater in East Texas and also in Odessa, the center of Permian Basin petroleum in West Texas. In 1950, Governor Allan Shivers named Shepperd as secretary of state, an appointed position in Texas. In 1952, Sheppard was elected to the first of two then two-year terms as attorney general. He did not seek further office in 1956 or thereafter. As attorney general, Shepperd spearheaded an investigaton of longstanding corruption in Duval County, a political machine province of George Parr (also known as “The Duke of Duval”), located in the barren dusty area east of Laredo in south Texas. Shepperd’s work produced some three hundred indictments of county and school officials. After his tenure as attorney general ended, Shepperd moved to Odessa, where he was active not only in law but also in insurance, banking, petrochemicals, public relations, and historical preservation. He was a political adviser and personal friend of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. In the middle 1960s, Shepperd was named trustee for the acquisition of land for the creation of Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site along the Pedernales River in Gillespie County in the Texas Hill Country.
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  • Two sons and twin daughters, including John Ben Shepperd, Jr. (1942-1970)
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  • Gladewater, Texas
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  • Though he held elective office as attorney general of Texas for only four years, Shepperd became a symbol of civic leadership, business expansion, and historical preservation.
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  • John Ben Shepperd
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  • (1) Gladewater
    (2) Odessa, Ector County, Texas
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  • Mamie Strieber Shepperd (married 1938-1990, his death)
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  • John Ben Shepperd (October 19, 1915—March 8, 1990) was a reform-oriented Texas Democratic politician who, as his state’s attorney general from 1953-1957, fought corruption in high places. A versatile lawyer and businessman, Shepperd maintained residences in his native Gladewater in East Texas and also in Odessa, the center of Permian Basin petroleum in West Texas. In 1950, Governor Allan Shivers named Shepperd as secretary of state, an appointed position in Texas.
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