Benjamin Tappan

Benjamin Tappan
portrait by Washington Blanchard
United States Senator
from Ohio
In office
March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1845
Preceded byThomas Morris
Succeeded byThomas Corwin
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Ohio
In office
October 12, 1833 – June 30, 1834
Appointed byAndrew Jackson
Preceded byJohn Wilson Campbell
Succeeded byHumphrey H. Leavitt
Personal details
Born(1773-05-25)May 25, 1773
Northampton, Massachusetts Bay, British America
DiedApril 20, 1857(1857-04-20) (aged 83)
Steubenville, Ohio, U.S.
Resting placeUnion Cemetery
PartyDemocratic
ChildrenEli
RelativesBenjamin Franklin (cousin)
Arthur Tappan (brother)
Lewis Tappan (brother)
John Wright (brother-in-law)
Mary Tappan Wright (granddaughter)
Austin Tappan Wright (great-grandson)
John Kirtland Wright (great-grandson)
Austin Wright (great-great-grandson)
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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.

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