Biography

Mentioned in 18601107CharlesSumner_WHS: "Through Mr Appleton Boston gives a hand-shake to the Pro-slavery men of the South; & his table will become one of their Council-boards. This is hard to bear."

"US Congressman. He was elected as a Whig to represent Massachusetts' 1st and 5th Congressional Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1851 to 1855, and from March to September, 1861. 
 
Family links: 
 Parents:
  Joseph Appleton (1751 - 1795)
  Mary Hook Appleton (1756 - 1842)
 
 Spouse:
  Mary Ann Cutler Appleton (1794 - 1860)*
 
 Children:
  William Sullivan Appleton (1815 - 1836)*
  James Amory Appleton (1818 - 1843)*
  Sarah Elizabeth Appleton Lawrence (1822 - 1891)*
  Francis Henry Appleton (1823 - 1854)*
  William Joseph Warren Appleton (1825 - 1877)*
  Edward H Appleton (1827 - 1827)*
  Harriet Cutler Appleton Dexter (1828 - 1857)*
  Hetty Sullivan Appleton Coolidge (1831 - 1901)*
  Charles Hook Appleton (1833 - 1874)*
 
*Calculated relationship"