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Blatchford</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarke.html#351.48.98">Appleton B. Clarke</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis6.html#065.50.18">Livingston Davis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hathcock-havenner.html#080.50.88">Nathaniel Appleton Haven</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#285.40.78">Randolph Appleton Kidder</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mahool-majka.html#311.07.25">Appleton Main</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miles.html#955.11.22">Nelson Appleton Miles</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nason-nazaire.html#845.22.92">William Franklin Nason</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#151.29.74">Jane Pierce</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robbins.html#425.24.75">Appleton Robbins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevens1.html#848.99.07">Appleton Stevens</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stockwell-stokely.html#429.62.46">George Appleton Stockwell</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="932.09.97">Appleton, Albert Francis</a> (1850-1914)</b> — also known as <b>Albert F. Appleton</b> — of Crystal, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/PE-lived.html">Pembina County</a>, N.Dak. Born in Yorkshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/01-14.html">January 14, 1850</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/ofc/cncn1.html">delegate to North Dakota state constitutional convention</a> from Pembina County, 1889; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/ofc/stsen.html">North Dakota state senate</a>, 1890. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died in Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-died.html">King County</a>, Wash., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/10-01.html">October 1, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 260 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-buried.html#cms08220">Wright Crematory and Columbarium</a>, Seattle, Wash. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Thomas Joseph Appleton and Jane Ann (Horner) Appleton; married to Martha Tay.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5251105">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="901.62.13">Appleton, Albert I.</a></b> — of Illinois. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/uofi.html">University of Illinois trustee</a>, 1938. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="009.95.38">Appleton, Arthur Taggard</a> (1884-1961)</b> — also known as <b>Arthur T. Appleton</b> — of Dublin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CH-lived.html">Cheshire County</a>, N.H. Born in Dublin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CH-born.html">Cheshire County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/05-08.html">May 8, 1884</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/electrician.html">Electrical contractor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/gvcn.html">New Hampshire Governor's Council</a> 4th District; elected 1938. Died in Dublin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CH-died.html">Cheshire County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/08-16.html">August 16, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 100 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Charles Francis Appleton and Lillian Gertrude (Jones) Appleton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/09-26.html">September 26, 1908</a>, to Alice Ethel Fox; first cousin twice removed of <a href="#793.53.13">John Appleton (1804-1891)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#151.29.74">Jane Pierce</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="#467.11.41">Nathan Appleton</a>, <a href="#569.68.90">James Appleton</a>, <a href="#071.08.10">William Appleton</a> and <a href="#916.90.43">Nathan Dane Appleton</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="#847.27.33">John Appleton (1815-1864)</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown5.html#745.58.78">John Brown</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#791.00.17">Erastus Fairbanks</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#075.06.66">Ebenezer Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#357.41.81">Horace Fairbanks</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#420.92.95">Franklin Fairbanks</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mason.html#166.00.80">John Mason Jr.</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#037.90.62">Leverett Saltonstall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#428.87.28">Richard Saltonstall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#285.40.78">Randolph Appleton Kidder</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0123.html">Sprague family</a> of Providence, Rhode Island; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0039.html">Biddle-Randolph family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0052.html">Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0495.html">Beakes-Greene-Witter family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="776.40.76">Appleton, Calvin</a></b> — Not U.S. citizen; U.S. Consular Agent in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NS-consuls.html ">Liverpool</a>, 1863-77. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="569.68.90">Appleton, James</a> (1785-1862)</b> — also known as <b>"Father of Prohibition"</b> — of Gloucester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass.; Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine; Ipswich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Born in Ipswich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1785/02-14.html">February 14, 1785</a>. General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1813-14; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">first</a> to propose state prohibition on the manufacture and sale of liquor, 1832; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/sthse.html">Maine state house of representatives</a>, 1836-37; Liberty candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Maine</a>, 1842, 1843, 1844. Died in Ipswich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-died.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/08-25.html">August 25, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 192 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Mary (White) Appleton and Samuel Appleton; brother of <a href="#916.90.43">Nathan Dane Appleton</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/11-19.html">November 19, 1807</a>, to Sarah Fuller; uncle of <a href="#847.27.33">John Appleton (1815-1864)</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#285.40.78">Randolph Appleton Kidder</a>; first cousin of <a href="#467.11.41">Nathan Appleton</a> and <a href="#071.08.10">William Appleton</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#793.53.13">John Appleton (1804-1891)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#151.29.74">Jane Pierce</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="#009.95.38">Arthur Taggard Appleton</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#037.90.62">Leverett Saltonstall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#428.87.28">Richard Saltonstall</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#818.86.92">William Lawrence Saltonstall</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#319.52.50">Thomas Passmore Treadwell</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#391.74.24">Robert Odiorne Treadwell</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="#781.96.90">John Appleton (1758-1829)</a>, <a href="#879.72.33">Thomas Appleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white6.html#351.36.54">Leonard White</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="#872.13.46">John James Appleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/payson-pealy.html#251.85.17">John Larkin Payson</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0123.html">Sprague family</a> of Providence, Rhode Island; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0039.html">Biddle-Randolph family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0052.html">Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0495.html">Beakes-Greene-Witter family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Appleton, Jane Means</b> <i>See</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#151.29.74">Jane Pierce</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="781.96.90">Appleton, John</a> (1758-1829)</b> — Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1758/03-01.html">March 1, 1758</a>. U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-consuls.html ">Calais</a>, 1802-07. Died in Cambridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-died.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/08-09.html">August 9, 1829</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 161 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Nathaniel Appleton and Rachael (Henderson) Appleton; brother of <a href="#879.72.33">Thomas Appleton</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/">1807</a> to Sarah Fairweather; father of <a href="#872.13.46">John James Appleton</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="#152.65.15">John William Messer Appleton</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white6.html#351.36.54">Leonard White</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="#467.11.41">Nathan Appleton</a>, <a href="#569.68.90">James Appleton</a>, <a href="#071.08.10">William Appleton</a> and <a href="#916.90.43">Nathan Dane Appleton</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/payson-pealy.html#251.85.17">John Larkin Payson</a>, <a href="#793.53.13">John Appleton (1804-1891)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#151.29.74">Jane Pierce</a> and <a href="#847.27.33">John Appleton (1815-1864)</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0052.html">Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family</a> of Massachusetts (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="793.53.13">Appleton, John</a> (1804-1891)</b> — of Bangor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PE-lived.html">Penobscot County</a>, Maine. Born in New Ipswich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-born.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1804/07-12.html">July 12, 1804</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/spju.html">justice of Maine state supreme court</a>, 1852-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Maine state supreme court</a>, 1862-83. Died in Bangor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PE-died.html">Penobscot County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/02-07.html">February 7, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 210 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PE-buried.html#cms00527">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a>, Bangor, Maine. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John Appleton (1763-1849) and Elizabeth (Peabody) Appleton; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/">1834</a> to Sarah Newcomb Allen; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/">1876</a> to Annie Greely; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#151.29.74">Jane Pierce</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#467.11.41">Nathan Appleton</a>, <a href="#569.68.90">James Appleton</a>, <a href="#071.08.10">William Appleton</a> and <a href="#916.90.43">Nathan Dane Appleton</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="#009.95.38">Arthur Taggard Appleton</a>; second cousin of <a href="#847.27.33">John Appleton (1815-1864)</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown5.html#745.58.78">John Brown</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#037.90.62">Leverett Saltonstall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#428.87.28">Richard Saltonstall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#285.40.78">Randolph Appleton Kidder</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#818.86.92">William Lawrence Saltonstall</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#075.06.66">Ebenezer Huntington</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#469.63.20">Daniel Parrish Witter</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#260.28.70">Jabez Williams Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/francis.html#112.89.40">John Brown Francis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#319.52.50">Thomas Passmore Treadwell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#166.95.51">Joshua Perkins</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#278.52.40">Edward Biddle</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#737.88.95">Charles Biddle</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#985.05.82">Enoch Woodbridge</a>, <a href="#781.96.90">John Appleton (1758-1829)</a>, <a href="#879.72.33">Thomas Appleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#138.34.76">Timothy Pitkin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white6.html#351.36.54">Leonard White</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#391.74.24">Robert Odiorne Treadwell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#073.50.89">George Douglas Perkins</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bingham.html#595.36.76">Albert Lemando Bingham</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0052.html">Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family</a> of Massachusetts (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="847.27.33">Appleton, John</a> (1815-1864)</b> — of Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine. Born in Beverly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/02-11.html">February 11, 1815</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BV-diplomats.html ">Bolivia</a>, 1848-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maine</a> 2nd District, 1851-53; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/RU-diplomats.html ">Russia</a>, 1860-61. Died in Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-died.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/08-22.html">August 22, 1864</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 193 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-buried.html#cms00431">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Portland, Maine. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John White Appleton and Sophia (Williams) Appleton; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/">1840</a> to Susan Lovering Dodge; nephew of <a href="#569.68.90">James Appleton</a> and <a href="#916.90.43">Nathan Dane Appleton</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#467.11.41">Nathan Appleton</a>, <a href="#071.08.10">William Appleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamlet-hammitt.html#027.69.91">Elijah Livermore Hamlin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamlet-hammitt.html#116.78.71">Hannibal Hamlin</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#285.40.78">Randolph Appleton Kidder</a>; second cousin of <a href="#793.53.13">John Appleton (1804-1891)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#151.29.74">Jane Pierce</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamlet-hammitt.html#922.55.58">Charles Hamlin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamlet-hammitt.html#373.70.22">Hannibal Emery Hamlin</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#441.17.86">Isaiah Kidder Stetson</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="#009.95.38">Arthur Taggard Appleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#439.04.43">Clarence Cutting Stetson</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards7.html#335.52.14">Pierpont Edwards</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#037.90.62">Leverett Saltonstall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#428.87.28">Richard Saltonstall</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#818.86.92">William Lawrence Saltonstall</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hooker.html#900.95.54">Edward Williams Hooker</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#262.65.85">John Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burr.html#748.36.81">Aaron Burr</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#802.92.13">James Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duvall-dworzanski.html#542.62.04">Theodore Dwight</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards4.html#127.62.71">Henry Waggaman Edwards</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#319.52.50">Thomas Passmore Treadwell</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="#781.96.90">John Appleton (1758-1829)</a>, <a href="#879.72.33">Thomas Appleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white6.html#351.36.54">Leonard White</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saal-sacket.html#006.76.40">Jedediah Sabin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#727.36.22">Charles Robert Sherman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#242.22.12">Theodore Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#890.97.45">Chauncey Fitch Cleveland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#391.74.24">Robert Odiorne Treadwell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html#345.18.26">George Pickering Bemis</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0123.html">Sprague family</a> of Providence, Rhode Island; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0039.html">Biddle-Randolph family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0052.html">Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0495.html">Beakes-Greene-Witter family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000268">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400907">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Appleton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/appleton-john">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/21043">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="872.13.46">Appleton, John James</a> (1792-1864)</b> — of Massachusetts. Born in Calais, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-born.html">France</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1792/09-22.html">September 22, 1792</a>. U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PT-diplomats.html ">Portugal</a>, 1820-21; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-diplomats.html ">Sweden</a>, 1826-30. Died in Rennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-died.html">France</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/03-04.html">March 4, 1864</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 164 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#781.96.90">John Appleton</a> and Sarah (Fairweather) Appleton; married to Marie Augustine Houdan; nephew of <a href="#879.72.33">Thomas Appleton</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="#152.65.15">John William Messer Appleton</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white6.html#351.36.54">Leonard White</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="#467.11.41">Nathan Appleton</a>, <a href="#569.68.90">James Appleton</a>, <a href="#071.08.10">William Appleton</a> and <a href="#916.90.43">Nathan Dane Appleton</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0052.html">Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family</a> of Massachusetts (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John James Appleton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/appleton-john-james">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="152.65.15">Appleton, John William Messer</a> (1832-1913)</b> — also known as <b>John W. M. Appleton</b> — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va.; Union, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, W.Va. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/04-01.html">April 1, 1832</a>. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/adgen.html">Adjutant General of West Virginia</a>, 1897-1901. Killed by a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/animals.html">mad bull</a>, in Union, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/10-26.html">October 26, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 208 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Elizabeth Marshall (Messer) Appleton and John Appleton (1809-1869); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/09-21.html">September 21, 1858</a>, to Mary Rice Marsh; first cousin twice removed of <a href="#781.96.90">John Appleton (1758-1829)</a> and <a href="#879.72.33">Thomas Appleton</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="#872.13.46">John James Appleton</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white6.html#351.36.54">Leonard White</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="467.11.41">Appleton, Nathan</a> (1779-1861)</b> — of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass. Born in New Ipswich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-born.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1779/10-06.html">October 6, 1779</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1815-16, 1821, 1823-24, 1827; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 1st District, 1831-33, 1842. Died in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-died.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/07-14.html">July 14, 1861</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 281 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-buried.html#cms00204">Mt. Auburn Cemetery</a>, Cambridge, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Isaac Appleton and Mary (Adams) Appleton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/04-13.html">April 13, 1806</a>, to Maria Theresa Gold; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/01-08.html">January 8, 1839</a>, to Harriet Coffin Sumner; father of Francis Elizabeth Appleton (who married of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow); first cousin of <a href="#569.68.90">James Appleton</a>, <a href="#071.08.10">William Appleton</a> and <a href="#916.90.43">Nathan Dane Appleton</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#793.53.13">John Appleton (1804-1891)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#151.29.74">Jane Pierce</a> and <a href="#847.27.33">John Appleton (1815-1864)</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="#009.95.38">Arthur Taggard Appleton</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#037.90.62">Leverett Saltonstall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#428.87.28">Richard Saltonstall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#285.40.78">Randolph Appleton Kidder</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#818.86.92">William Lawrence Saltonstall</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#259.69.16">Andrew Adams</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#319.52.50">Thomas Passmore Treadwell</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#391.74.24">Robert Odiorne Treadwell</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dayan-deamer.html#232.06.76">Charles Willoughby Dayton</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="#781.96.90">John Appleton (1758-1829)</a>, <a href="#879.72.33">Thomas Appleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white6.html#351.36.54">Leonard White</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="#872.13.46">John James Appleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vincente-vliet.html#577.56.79">Samuel Finley Vinton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/payson-pealy.html#251.85.17">John Larkin Payson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#087.50.31">Alonzo Sidney Upham</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0052.html">Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family</a> of Massachusetts (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000269">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400908">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7395112">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="916.90.43">Appleton, Nathan Dane</a> (1794-1861)</b> — also known as <b>Nathan D. Appleton</b> — of Alfred, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/YO-lived.html">York County</a>, Maine. Born in Ipswich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1794/05-20.html">May 20, 1794</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; law partner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodell-goodrell.html#769.60.54">John H. Goodenow</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/attygn.html">Maine state attorney general</a>, 1857-59. Died in Alfred, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/YO-died.html">York County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/11-12.html">November 12, 1861</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 176 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/YO-buried.html# ">Parish Cemetery</a>, Alfred, Maine. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Samuel Appleton and Mary (White) Appleton; brother of <a href="#569.68.90">James Appleton</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/12-11.html">December 11, 1826</a>, to Julia Hall; uncle of <a href="#847.27.33">John Appleton (1815-1864)</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#285.40.78">Randolph Appleton Kidder</a>; first cousin of <a href="#467.11.41">Nathan Appleton</a> and <a href="#071.08.10">William Appleton</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#793.53.13">John Appleton (1804-1891)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#151.29.74">Jane Pierce</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="#009.95.38">Arthur Taggard Appleton</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#037.90.62">Leverett Saltonstall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#428.87.28">Richard Saltonstall</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#818.86.92">William Lawrence Saltonstall</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#319.52.50">Thomas Passmore Treadwell</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#391.74.24">Robert Odiorne Treadwell</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="#781.96.90">John Appleton (1758-1829)</a>, <a href="#879.72.33">Thomas Appleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white6.html#351.36.54">Leonard White</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="#872.13.46">John James Appleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/payson-pealy.html#251.85.17">John Larkin Payson</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0392.html">Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan family</a> of Dexter, Michigan (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/34557875">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="735.59.43">Appleton, Owen</a> (1909-1937)</b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-lived.html">Hampden County</a>, Mass.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-born.html">Hampden County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/11-01.html">November 1, 1909</a>. Communist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 12th District, 1933. Lieutenant in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (U.S. volunteers for the Republican or anti-Fascist side in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39); killed in action at Fuentes de Ebro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SP-died.html">Spain</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/10-17.html">October 17, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/27.html">27 years, 350 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-buried.html#cms00302">Springfield Cemetery</a>, Springfield, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Lydia D. (Owen) Appleton and Allen L. Appleton.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/44994974">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="540.19.22">Appleton, R. Ross</a></b> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/NY.html">1892</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Appleton, Ross</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#540.19.22">R. Ross Appleton</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="879.72.33">Appleton, Thomas</a> (1763-1840)</b> — of Massachusetts. Born in Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1763/04-02.html">April 2, 1763</a>. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-consuls.html ">Leghorn</a>, 1798-1840, died in office 1840. Died in Leghorn (Livorno), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-died.html">Italy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/04-27.html">April 27, 1840</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 25 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Nathaniel Appleton and Rachael (Henderson) Appleton; brother of <a href="#781.96.90">John Appleton (1758-1829)</a>; uncle of <a href="#872.13.46">John James Appleton</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="#152.65.15">John William Messer Appleton</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white6.html#351.36.54">Leonard White</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="#467.11.41">Nathan Appleton</a>, <a href="#569.68.90">James Appleton</a>, <a href="#071.08.10">William Appleton</a> and <a href="#916.90.43">Nathan Dane Appleton</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/payson-pealy.html#251.85.17">John Larkin Payson</a>, <a href="#793.53.13">John Appleton (1804-1891)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#151.29.74">Jane Pierce</a> and <a href="#847.27.33">John Appleton (1815-1864)</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="071.08.10">Appleton, William</a> (1786-1862)</b> — of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass. Born in Brookfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/11-16.html">November 16, 1786</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a>, 1851-55, 1861 (1st District 1851-53, 5th District 1853-55, 1861); defeated, 1854, 1856. Died in Brookline, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-died.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/02-15.html">February 15, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 91 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-buried.html#cms00204">Mt. Auburn Cemetery</a>, Cambridge, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Rev. Joseph Appleton and Mary (Hook) Appleton; married to Mary Ann Cutler; father of Sarah E. Appleton (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lawrence.html#333.86.75">Amos Adams Lawrence</a>) and Mehitable Sullivan 'Hetty' Appleton (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coolidge.html#253.45.41">Thomas Jefferson Coolidge</a>); second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#037.90.62">Leverett Saltonstall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#428.87.28">Richard Saltonstall</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#818.86.92">William Lawrence Saltonstall</a>; first cousin of <a href="#467.11.41">Nathan Appleton</a>, <a href="#569.68.90">James Appleton</a> and <a href="#916.90.43">Nathan Dane Appleton</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#793.53.13">John Appleton (1804-1891)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#151.29.74">Jane Pierce</a> and <a href="#847.27.33">John Appleton (1815-1864)</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="#009.95.38">Arthur Taggard Appleton</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#285.40.78">Randolph Appleton Kidder</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#319.52.50">Thomas Passmore Treadwell</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#391.74.24">Robert Odiorne Treadwell</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="#781.96.90">John Appleton (1758-1829)</a>, <a href="#879.72.33">Thomas Appleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white6.html#351.36.54">Leonard White</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="#872.13.46">John James Appleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/payson-pealy.html#251.85.17">John Larkin Payson</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0123.html">Sprague family</a> of Providence, Rhode Island; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0039.html">Biddle-Randolph family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0052.html">Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0495.html">Beakes-Greene-Witter family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000270">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400909">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Appleton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7499814">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="799.44.14">Appleton, William M.</a></b> — of Ingomar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. 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Rural Telephone</a>. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute <b>fair use</b> under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2023 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/">Creative Commons License</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <b>Site information:</b> The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by <b>Lawrence Kestenbaum</b>, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is <b>The Political Graveyard, P.O. 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