Odell Shepard, American poet and politician, 66th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (born 1884)

Odell Shepard

American professor, poet, and politician

Odell Shepard was an American professor, poet, and politician who was the 86th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1941 to 1943. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1938.

List of lieutenant governors of Connecticut

The lieutenant governor of Connecticut is the second highest executive officer of the government of the U.S. State of Connecticut. The lieutenant governor acts as President of the State Senate, presiding over the Senate and casting votes in the event of a tie. They are elected…