Benjamin Tappan
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Ohio | |
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In office October 12, 1833 – May 29, 1834 |
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| Appointed by | Andrew Jackson |
| Preceded by | John Wilson Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Humphrey H. Leavitt |
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United States Senator from Ohio |
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In office March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1845 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Morris |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Corwin |
| Member of the Ohio Senate | |
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In office 1803-1804 |
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May 25, 1773 Northampton, Massachusetts |
| Died | April 20, 1857 (aged 83) Steubenville, Ohio |
| Resting place | Union Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
Benjamin Tappan (May 25, 1773 – April 20, 1857) was an Ohio judge and Democratic politician who served in the Ohio State Senate and the United States Senate. He 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, Ohio.
Tappan was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, the second child and oldest son of Benjamin Tappan and Sarah (Homes) Tappan, who was a grandniece of Benjamin Franklin. Two of his younger brothers were abolitionists Arthur and Lewis Tappan. He attended the public schools in Northampton and traveled to the West Indies in his youth. He apprenticed as a printer and engraver, also studying painting with Gilbert Stuart. He read law to be admitted to the bar in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1799. Later that year, he moved to the Connecticut Western Reserve and founded what is now Ravenna, Ohio, laying out the original village in 1808.
He married, March 20, 1801, Nancy Wright, sister of John C. Wright, afterwards a Congressman from Ohio. They had one son, Benjamin, born in 1812.
Elected to the second Ohio State Senate, Tappan served from 1803 to 1804. He moved to Steubenville, Jefferson County, in 1809 where he continued his law practice.
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