Alexander Robey Shepherd (January 30, 1835 – September 12, 1902) was an American politician and businessman who was the 2nd Governor of the District of...
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The neighborhood takes its name from its most famous resident: Alexander Robey Shepherd, the governor of the then-Territory of DC from 1873 to 1874. The...
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Alexander Robey Shepherd is a bronze statue, by Ulric Stonewall Jackson Dunbar. It is located at the John A. Wilson Building, Northwest, Washington, D...
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agriculture, and statesmanship. In January 2005, the statue of Alexander Robey Shepherd, Governor of the District of Columbia from 1873 to 1874, was restored...
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servant) (c. 1797/98–1859), 2nd Colonial Treasurer of New Zealand Alexander Robey Shepherd (1835–1902), Governor of the District of Columbia This disambiguation...
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(1885–1977) Tom Pendergast (1873–1945) Frank Rizzo (1920–1991) Alexander Robey Shepherd (1835–1902) D. C. Stephenson (1891–1966) John F. Street (b. 1943)...
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Grant and his appointment of Alexander Robey Shepherd as head of the DC Board of Public Works from 1871 to 1873. Shepherd rapidly improved infrastructure...
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(1902–1976), former mayor of Chicago, Illinois, United States Alexander Robey Shepherd, 1835–1902), Washington, D.C., politician William M. Tweed (1823–1878)...
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influential member of the board of public works, Alexander Robey Shepherd, to the post of governor. Shepherd authorized large-scale municipal projects, which...
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Martin de Porres Alexander Pushkin Franklin D. Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Alberto Santos-Dumont Olive Risley Seward Alexander Robey Shepherd Taras Shevchenko...
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Vernon Square until the market was demolished on the orders of Alexander Robey Shepherd in 1872. Another version, closer to a true pie, was made by soaking...
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appointed the board's most influential member, Alexander Robey Shepherd, to the new post of governor. Shepherd authorized large-scale projects to modernize...
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" In 1873, President Grant appointed Alexander Robey Shepherd as Governor of the District of Columbia. Shepherd authorized large projects that modernized...
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Martin de Porres Alexander Pushkin Franklin D. Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Alberto Santos-Dumont Olive Risley Seward Alexander Robey Shepherd Taras Shevchenko...
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Grant appointed Alexander Robey Shepherd, an influential member of the Board of Public Works, to the post of governor in 1873. Shepherd authorized large-scale...
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developer Alexander Robey Shepherd, the architect and proponent of the consolidating legislation. From September 1873 to June 1874, Shepherd would serve...
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Martin de Porres Alexander Pushkin Franklin D. Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Alberto Santos-Dumont Olive Risley Seward Alexander Robey Shepherd Taras Shevchenko...
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Olive Risley Seward at Sixth Street and North Carolina Avenue NE Alexander Robey Shepherd at 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Philip Sheridan at Sheridan Circle...
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territorial governor, Alexander Robey Shepherd, a Grant appointee, operated aggressively when awarding contracts, and Babcock and Shepherd were accused of personally...
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appointed the board's most influential member, Alexander Robey Shepherd, to the new post of governor. Shepherd authorized large-scale projects to modernize...
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Martin de Porres Alexander Pushkin Franklin D. Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Alberto Santos-Dumont Olive Risley Seward Alexander Robey Shepherd Taras Shevchenko...
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trees, and other amenities were installed by Washington Mayor Alexander Robey Shepherd, who encouraged the development of the area. Streetcar tracks were...
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Washington, D.C., include sculptures of Benjamin Hallowell and Alexander "Boss" Shepherd. The statue was founded by Robert Wood & Company. The bronze used...
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Martin de Porres Alexander Pushkin Franklin D. Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Alberto Santos-Dumont Olive Risley Seward Alexander Robey Shepherd Taras Shevchenko...
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District of Columbia, financing (along with fellow Republican Alexander Robey Shepherd) the election of Sayles J. Bowen as Mayor of Washington, D.C. In...
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West Tim Russert (1950–2008), journalist, host of Meet the Press Alexander Robey Shepherd (1835–1902), politician, governor of District of Columbia from...
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Martin de Porres Alexander Pushkin Franklin D. Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Alberto Santos-Dumont Olive Risley Seward Alexander Robey Shepherd Taras Shevchenko...
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Vice-chair of the city's five-person Board of Public Works, "Boss" Alexander Robey Shepherd, the foul canal which ran down what is now Constitution Avenue...
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Martin de Porres Alexander Pushkin Franklin D. Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Alberto Santos-Dumont Olive Risley Seward Alexander Robey Shepherd Taras Shevchenko...
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Martin de Porres Alexander Pushkin Franklin D. Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Alberto Santos-Dumont Olive Risley Seward Alexander Robey Shepherd Taras Shevchenko...
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