Tappan Wentworth | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's8th district | |
| In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | |
| Preceded by | Horace Mann |
| Succeeded by | Chauncey L. Knapp |
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| Born | Theodore Trapplan Michael Wentworth (1802-02-24)February 24, 1802 Dover, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Died | June 12, 1875(1875-06-12) (aged 73) Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Resting place | Lowell Cemetery |
| Party | Whig |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Theodore Trapplan "Tappan" Michael Wentworth (February 24, 1802 – June 12, 1875) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as aU.S. representative fromMassachusetts from 1853 to 1855.
Wentworth was born inDover, New Hampshire, on February 24, 1802. He received a liberal schooling, and worked as a store clerk inPortsmouth, New Hampshire, andSouth Berwick, Maine.
He then studied law withWilliam Burleigh, wasadmitted to the bar in 1826, and commenced practice inYork County, Maine.
He moved toLowell, Massachusetts, in 1833 and continued the practice of law. Wentworth was a member of the committee which drafted Lowell's city charter, and was a member of the Lowell city council from 1836 to 1841, and was the council president beginning in 1837.
He served in theMassachusetts House of Representatives in 1851, 1859, 1860, 1863, and 1864, and in theMassachusetts State Senate in 1848, 1849, 1865, and 1866.
Wentworth was elected as aWhig to theThirty-third Congress, defeatingHenry Wilson. He served from March 4, 1853, to March 3, 1855, and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to theThirty-fourth Congress.
After leaving Congress, Wentworth returned to practicing law. He was also active in several business ventures including railroads and banking, and served as president ofRhode Island's National Rubber Company.
He died in Lowell on June 12, 1875, and was interred inLowell Cemetery.
In 1842 Wentworth married Anne McNeil, a daughter of Solomon McNeil and niece ofJohn McNeil Jr. John McNeil was married to Elizabeth Pierce, the daughter ofBenjamin Pierce, and the sister ofBenjamin Kendrick Pierce andFranklin Pierce. Because of the family connection to Franklin Pierce, who waspresident during Wentworth's House term, Wentworth was able to maintain cordial relations withDemocrats despite disagreeing with them politically. As a result, he was sometimes employed by Whigs as a negotiator to create compromises with congressional Democrats and the Pierce administration.
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