William Robinson Sapp (March 4, 1804 – January 3, 1875) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a

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from

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from 1853 to 1857. He is the uncle of U.S. Representative

William F. Sapp William Fletcher Sapp (November 20, 1824 – November 22, 1890) was a United States Attorney and later a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 8th congressional district. He was a nephew of William R. Sapp, who represented a U.S. House dis ...

of Iowa.

Biography

Born at Cadiz, Ohio, Sapp moved to

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, where he attended the public schools. He engaged in the mercantile business in Danville. He studied law. He was

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in 1833 and commenced practice at

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. He served as

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in 1844 for

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/ Frelinghuysen. Taylor 1899 : 255 He moved to

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, in 1846.

Congress

Sapp was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress and reelected as an

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candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection.

Later career and death

Assessor of internal revenue for the thirteenth district 1869-1872. He served as collector of internal revenue from 1872 until his death in Mount Vernon, Ohio, January 3, 1875. He was interred in Mound View Cemetery.

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