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3 unusual facts about Morris Sheppard


Morris Sheppard

Co-sponsored by Morris Sheppard and Horace Mann Towner, the Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921 provided Federal matching funds for services aimed to reduce maternal and infant mortality.

Judge Morris Arnold, a Republican, remains on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit under senior status.

Sheppard Bone-Dry Act

The Sheppard Bone-Dry Act, sponsored by Sen. Morris Sheppard (D) of Texas, was passed by the US Congress in 1917.



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Richard S. Arnold

Morris Sheppard was also the grandfather of former U.S. Senator Connie Mack, III, a Florida Republican banker.