1. Benjamin Tappan was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Ohio and a United States senator from Ohio.
20 Facts About Benjamin Tappan
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Benjamin Tappan traveled to the West Indies and studied painting with Gilbert Stuart.
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Benjamin Tappan was admitted to the bar in Hartford, Connecticut and entered private practice in Ravenna, Northwest Territory from 1799 to 1803, located in what was the Connecticut Western Reserve until 1800.
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Benjamin Tappan was a member of the Ohio Senate from 1803 to 1804.
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Benjamin Tappan resumed private practice in Ravenna from 1804 to 1809.
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Benjamin Tappan continued private practice in Steubenville, Ohio from 1809 to 1812, and from 1814 to 1816.
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Benjamin Tappan was a United States Army major from 1812 to 1814, during the War of 1812.
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Benjamin Tappan was a Judge of the Ohio Court of Common Pleas for the Fifth Judicial District from 1816 to 1823.
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Benjamin Tappan resumed private practice in Steubenville from 1823 to 1838.
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Benjamin Tappan was a presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1832.
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Benjamin 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.
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Benjamin Tappan was nominated to the same position by President Jackson on January 20,1834.
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Benjamin Tappan's 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.
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Benjamin Tappan was elected as a Democrat from Ohio to the United States Senate and served from March 4,1839, to March 3,1845.
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Benjamin Tappan 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.
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Benjamin Tappan was censured by the Senate in 1844 for breach of confidence for passing copies of a proposed treaty with Texas to the press.
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Benjamin Tappan died on April 12,1857, in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio.
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Benjamin 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.
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Tappan was the second child and oldest son of Benjamin Tappan and Sarah Tappan, who was a grandniece of Benjamin Franklin.
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Benjamin Tappan married, March 20,1801, Nancy Wright, sister of John C Wright, afterwards a United States representative from Ohio.