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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsWilliam APPLETON
(1786-1862)
APPLETON, William, (cousin
of Nathan Appleton), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in
Brookfield, Mass., November 16, 1786; attended schools in New
Ipswich, N.H., Francestown, N.H., and Tyngsboro, Mass.; worked in a
country store at Temple, Hillsboro County, N.H., when fifteen years
of age; moved to Boston in 1807; engaged in mercantile pursuits;
president of the Boston Branch of the United States Bank 1832-1836;
elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses
(March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress and for election
in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress; elected as a Constitutional
Unionist to the Thirty-seventh Congress and served from March 4,
1861, to September 27, 1861, when he resigned because of failing
health; died at Longwood (Brookline), Mass., February 15, 1862;
interment in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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