Shed Dungee

Shed Dungee (December 25, 1831–March 30, 1900) was a cobbler, preacher and state legislator in Virginia. He served two terms in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1879 to 1882. He was born enslaved and worked as a cobbler and became a preacher.

Early life Dungee was born enslaved December 25, 1831 in Cumberland County, Virginia to Shed and Harriet Dungee. When asked a few weeks later by President Rutherford B. Hayes to stand by the principles of the republican platform for which he would be protected in return, he declined stating he had grievances at home in Virginia that needed to be addressed. Once back at home he started attending Readjuster Party meetings, In his first session he introduced a resolution to allow whites and blacks to marry, by repealing the laws outlawing miscegnation, but was outvoted 77 to 10.

In 1881 he campaigned and was elected as a Readjuster again for Buckingham and Cumberland counties beating the Democrat J. B. Ficklen. During this session he sat on the Public Property, on Retrenchment and Economy Committee and the Roads and Internal Navigation Committee. He voted for the establishing what became the Virginia State University and to outlaw the whipping post. He did not stand for a third term but stayed interested in local Readjuster and Republican politics and was a delegate at the Republican State Convention in 1896.

Death He died March 30, 1900 and was interned in Cumberland County at the Mount Olive Baptist Church cemetery. He wife died in 1918 and buried alongside him with a new shared gravestone.