Alexander Robey Shepherd
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Alexander Robey Shepherd, also known as Boss Shepherd, was an American politician and businessman who was the 2nd Governor of the District of Columbia from 1873 to 1874. He was one of the most controv
Shepherd in 1874
Mary Grice Young, who Shepherd married in 1861
Shepherd, c. 1864
Shepherd later in 1873
Henry D. Cooke
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Henry David Cooke was an American financier, journalist, railroad executive, and politician. He was the younger brother of Philadelphia financier Jay Cooke. A member of the Republican political machin
Alexander Robey Shepherd
…that might make governorship of the full district impossible. Thus, Grant's inaugural appointment to the governorship was his friend, the financier Henry D. Cooke, "a gentleman of unimpeachable integrity" and secretly a close political ally of Shepherd. Shepherd was appointed vice-chair of the city's five-man…
Henry D. Cooke