Frederick Perry Stanton
| Frederick Perry Stanton | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 10th district |
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In office March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1855 |
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| Preceded by | John B. Ashe |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Rivers |
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| Born |
December 22, 1814 Alexandria, Virginia |
| Died | June 4, 1894 (aged 79) Ocala, Marion County, Florida |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Harriet Somers Lanphier Stanton |
| Alma mater | Columbian College(George Washington University) |
| Profession |
teacher lawyer politician |
teacher lawyer
Frederick Perry Stanton (December 22, 1814 – June 4, 1894) was a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 10th congressional district and an interim governor of territorial Kansas.
Stanton was born in Alexandria, Virginia on December 22, 1814son of Richard and Harriet (Perry) Stanton, and brother of Richard Henry Stanton (1812-1891). He pursued classical studies and graduated from Columbian College, now named George Washington University, in Washington, D.C. in 1833. He taught school in Virginia, and was an instructor in North Carolina. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Memphis, Tennessee. He married Jane Harriet Somers Lanphier.
Elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress and the four succeeding Congresses, Stanton served from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1855. During the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses, he was chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, and during the Thirty-third Congress he was chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary.
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