Shepard J. Crumpacker, Jr.
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Shepard J. Crumpacker, Jr. (February 13, 1917 - October 14, 1986) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, cousin of Edgar Dean Crumpacker and Maurice Edgar Crumpacker.
Born in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, Crumpacker attended the public schools. He was graduated from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, in 1938, and from the law school of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1941. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced the practice of law in South Bend, Indiana. He entered the United States Army Air Corps as a private September 26, 1941, and advanced through the ranks to flight chief in a fighter squadron. Commissioned a lieutenant in 1943 and assigned to heavy-bomber maintenance. Relieved from active duty as a first lieutenant March 1, 1946. Major in the Air Force Reserve. He owned and operated a farm. He served as delegate to Indiana State Republican convention 1958 through 1970.
Crumpacker was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second, Eighty-third, and Eighty-fourth Congresses (January 3, 1951-January 3, 1957). He did not seek renomination in 1956. Practiced law until 1977. He was appointed judge of the St. Joseph Superior Court and served from 1977-1985. He was a resident of South Bend, Indiana, until his death there October 14, 1986. He was interred in Riverview Cemetery.
