American judge
Benjamin Tappan
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In office
March 4, 1839 ? March 3, 1845
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Preceded by
| Thomas Morris
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Succeeded by
| Thomas Corwin
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In office
October 12, 1833 ? June 30, 1834
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Appointed by
| Andrew Jackson
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Preceded by
| John Wilson Campbell
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Succeeded by
| Humphrey H. Leavitt
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Born
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1773-05-25
)
May 25, 1773
Northampton
,
Massachusetts Bay
,
British America
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Died
| April 20, 1857
(1857-04-20)
(aged 83)
Steubenville
,
Ohio
, U.S.
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Resting place
| Union Cemetery
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Political party
| Democratic
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Children
| Eli
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Relatives
| Benjamin Franklin
(cousin)
Arthur Tappan
(brother)
Lewis Tappan
(brother)
John Wright
(brother-in-law)
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Benjamin Tappan
(May 25, 1773 ? April 20, 1857) was a
United States district judge
of the
United States District Court for the District of Ohio
and a
United States senator
from
Ohio
.
Education and career
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Born on May 25, 1773, in
Northampton
,
Province of Massachusetts Bay
,
British America
,
[1]
Tappan attended the public schools and was apprenticed as a printer and engraver.
[2]
He traveled to the
West Indies
and studied painting with
Gilbert Stuart
.
[2]
He
read law
in 1799.
[1]
He was admitted to the bar in
Hartford
,
Connecticut
and entered private practice in
Ravenna
,
Northwest Territory
(State of
Ohio
from March 1, 1803) from 1799 to 1803, located in what was the
Connecticut Western Reserve
until 1800.
[1]
He was a member of the
Ohio Senate
from 1803 to 1804.
[1]
He resumed private practice in Ravenna from 1804 to 1809.
[1]
He continued private practice in
Steubenville
, Ohio from 1809 to 1812, and from 1814 to 1816.
[1]
He was a
United States Army
major from 1812 to 1814, during the
War of 1812
.
[1]
He was a Judge of the
Ohio Court of Common Pleas
for the Fifth Judicial District from 1816 to 1823.
[1]
He resumed private practice in Steubenville from 1823 to 1838.
[1]
He was a presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1832.
[2]
In October 1838, he formed a law partnership with
Edwin Stanton
.
[3]
Federal judicial service
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Tappan received a
recess appointment
from President
Andrew Jackson
on October 12, 1833, to a seat on the
United States District Court for the District of Ohio
vacated by Judge
John Wilson Campbell
.
[1]
He was nominated to the same position by President Jackson on January 20, 1834.
[1]
His service terminated with the sine die adjournment of the first session of the
23rd United States Congress
on June 30, 1834, after his nomination was rejected by the
United States Senate
on May 29, 1834.
[1]
Congressional service
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Tappan was elected as a
Democrat
from Ohio to the
United States Senate
and served from March 4, 1839, to March 3, 1845.
[2]
He was Chairman of the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses for the
27th
and
28th United States Congresses
and Chairman of the Committee on the Library for the 27th United States Congress.
[4]
[2]
He was censured by the Senate in 1844 for breach of confidence for passing copies of a proposed treaty with
Texas
to the press.
[2]
Later career and death
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Following his departure from Congress, Tappan resumed private practice in Steubenville from 1845 to 1857.
[1]
He died on April 12, 1857, in Steubenville,
Jefferson County
, Ohio.
[1]
He was interred in
Union Cemetery
in Steubenville.
[2]
Settler and city founder
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Tappan was an early settler of the Connecticut Western Reserve in northeastern Ohio and was one of the first settlers in
Portage County
and the founder of the city of Ravenna.
[5]
Family
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Tappan was the second child and oldest son of Benjamin Tappan and Sarah (Homes) Tappan, who was a grandniece of
Benjamin Franklin
.
[5]
Two of his younger brothers were abolitionists
Arthur Tappan
and
Lewis Tappan
.
[5]
He married, March 20, 1801, Nancy Wright, sister of
John C. Wright
, afterwards a
United States representative
from Ohio.
[
citation needed
]
They had one son, Benjamin, born in 1812.
[
citation needed
]
His first wife having died, Benjamin was married a second time, in 1823, to Betsy (Lord) Frazer, the widow of Eliphalet Frazer.
[
citation needed
]
They had one son,
Eli Todd Tappan
, later president of
Kenyon College
.
[
citation needed
]
See also
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References
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- ^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
Benjamin Tappan
at the
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
, a publication of the
Federal Judicial Center
.
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a
b
c
d
e
f
g
United States Congress.
"Benjamin Tappan (id: T000039)"
.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
.
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Flower, Frank Abial (1905).
Edwin McMasters Stanton: the autocrat of rebellion, emancipation, and reconstruction
. New York: Western W. Wilson. p.
36
.
- ^
"TAPPAN, Benjamin - Biographical Information"
.
bioguide.congress.gov
. Retrieved
2018-06-23
.
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a
b
c
Brown, R.C; Norris, J.E. (1972) [1885].
History of Portage County Ohio
(revised ed.).
Chicago, Illinois
: Warner, Beers, and Company. pp. 521?522.
Sources
[
edit
]
- United States Congress.
"Benjamin Tappan (id: T000039)"
.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
.
- Benjamin Tappan
at the
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
, a publication of the
Federal Judicial Center
.
- Daniel Langdon Tappan.
Tappan-Toppan Genealogy
, Arlington, Massachusetts, 1915, pp. 24?25.
- Brown, R. C. and Norris, J. E.
History of Portage County Ohio
, Chicago, Illinois, 1885, 1972 rev., pp. 521?522.
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