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Mason Weare Tappan (October 20, 1817 – October 25, 1886) was a New Hampshire state representative, a
U.S. congressman The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
from 1855 to 1861, a colonel during the American Civil War and the New Hampshire Attorney General. He was born in Newport, New Hampshire, and grew up in
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. He attended private schools and the Hopkinton and Meriden academies. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1841 and commenced practice in Bradford. Tappan served in the
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1853 to 1855. He was elected as an American Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth congresses (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1861). While in Congress, he served as chairman, Committee on Claims (Thirty-sixth Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1860. During the Civil War, he served as colonel of the
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, a three-months regiment raised in 1861 in response to President Abraham Lincoln's call to arms. He mustered out in August 1861. Tappan died in office as the New Hampshire Attorney General at the age of 69. He is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Bradford, New Hampshire.


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