11 Facts About Tappan Wentworth

Theodore Trapplan "Tappan" Michael Wentworth was a US Representative from Massachusetts.

Tappan Wentworth received a liberal schooling, and worked as a store clerk in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and South Berwick, Maine.

Tappan Wentworth then studied law with William Burleigh, was admitted to the bar in 1826, and commenced practice in York County, Maine.

Tappan Wentworth moved to Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1833 and continued the practice of law.

Tappan Wentworth was a member of the committee which drafted Lowell's city charter, and was a member of the Lowell city council from 1836 to 1841, and was the council president beginning in 1837.

Tappan Wentworth served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1851,1859,1860,1863, and 1864, and in the Massachusetts State Senate in 1848,1849,1865, and 1866.

Tappan Wentworth was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress, defeating Henry Wilson.

Tappan Wentworth served from March 4,1853, to March 3,1855, and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress.

Tappan Wentworth was active in several business ventures including railroads and banking, and served as president of Rhode Island's National Rubber Company.

Tappan Wentworth died in Lowell on June 12,1875, and was interred in Lowell Cemetery.

In 1842 Tappan Wentworth married Anne McNeil, a daughter of Solomon McNeil and niece of John McNeil Jr.