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{{Short description|American politician (died 1857)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Thomas Sappington
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| state_senate = Maryland
| district = Western Shore
| term_start = 1831
| term_end = 1836
| state_delegate2 = Maryland
| district2 = [[Frederick County, Maryland|Frederick County]]
| term_start2 = 1825
| term_end2 = 1827
| alongside2 = [[Samuel Barrnes]], [[John C. Cockey]], [[William P. Farquhar]], [[Alexander McIlhenny]]
| predecessor2 = Samuel Barnes, [[Joseph M. Cromwell]], William P. Farquhar, [[Henry Kemp (American politician)|Henry Kemp]]
| successor2 = [[Nicholas Holtz]], [[David Kemp]], [[Isaac Shriver]], [[Francis Thomas]]
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{circa|1789}}
| birth_place = [[Libertytown, Maryland]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date|1857|7|18}}
| death_place = [[Frederick, Maryland]], U.S.
| resting_place =
| party = [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]<br />[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]<br />[[Know Nothing]]
| father = [[Francis Brown Sappington]]
| spouse = Sarah Coale<br />Louisa C. Klein
| children = 16
| relatives = [[Richard F. Sappington]] (grandson)
| education =
| alma_mater =
| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|newspaper editor|farmer}}
| signature =
}}
'''Thomas Sappington''' ({{circa|1789}} – July 18, 1857) was an American politician from Maryland. He served as a member of the [[Maryland House of Delegates]] and [[Maryland Senate]].
==Early life==
Thomas Sappington was born around 1789 in [[Libertytown, Maryland]], to Ann (née Ridgely or Richelieu) and [[Francis Brown Sappington]].<ref name="founders">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/foundersofannear00warf_0/page/378/mode/2up |title=The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland |last=Warfield |first=J. D. |publisher=Kohn & Pollock |year=1905 |page=379 |via=[[Archive.org]] |access-date=2024-04-28}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="portrait">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/portraitbiograph01chap_0/page/n435/mode/2up |title=Portrait and Biographical Record of the Sixth Congressional District, Maryland |publisher=Chapman Publishing Company |year=1898 |pages=267–268 |via=[[Archive.org]] |access-date=2024-04-28}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="history">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/historyoffrederi0002will/page/796/mode/2up |title=History of Frederick County, Maryland |volume=2 |last1=Williams |first1=T. J. C. |last2=McKinsey |first2=Folger |publisher=L. R. Titsworth & Co. |year=1910 |pages=797,885,1420–1421,1449–1450 |via=[[Archive.org]] |access-date=2024-04-28}}</ref> His father was a physician in Libertytown and served as a state delegate.<ref name="portrait"/><ref name="msa">{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/house/html/frhouse.html |title=Historical List, House of Delegates, Frederick County (1790-1974) |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=[[Maryland State Archives]] |date=2024-03-20 |access-date=2024-04-28}}</ref> His mother was a relative of [[Cardinal Richelieu]].<ref name="portrait"/> He was educated in schools in [[Frederick County, Maryland|Frederick County]].<ref name="history"/>
==Career==
As a young man, Sappington traveled with Mr. Beard to Kentucky to visit his uncle, John Sappington. He settled in [[Beardstown, Kentucky|Beardstown]].<ref name="portrait"/><ref name="history"/> While in Kentucky, he served in a cavalry regiment in the [[War of 1812]]. He served under [[William Henry Harrison]] and was at the [[Battle of Tippecanoe]].<ref name="founders"/><ref name="portrait"/> After the war, he ran a store in Libertytown with his brother Francis B. for a short time.<ref name="portrait"/><ref name="western">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofwestern01scha/page/480/mode/2up |title=History of Western Maryland |last=Scharf |first=J. Thomas |volume=1 |publisher=Louis H. Everts |year=1882 |pages=480,529,602 |via=[[Archive.org]] |access-date=2024-04-28}}{{Open access}}</ref> He also worked as a farmer.<ref name="history"/>
Sappington was first a [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] and later became a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]. He served as a member of the [[Maryland House of Delegates]], representing Frederick County from 1825 to 1827.<ref name="msa"/><ref name="obit">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-death-of-col-sappingt/146198931/ |title=Death of Col. Sappington |date=1857-07-23 |newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |page=2 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=2024-04-27}}{{Open access}}</ref> He served as a member of the [[Maryland Senate]], representing the Western Shore from 1831 to 1836. He was president and president pro tempore of the senate in 1834.<ref name="obit"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/senate/html/westernsh.html |title=Historical List, Senate, Western Shore (1777-1837) |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=[[Maryland State Archives]] |date=2014-01-10 |access-date=2024-04-28}}</ref> He chaired the 1833 reform convention in Baltimore.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/communityleaders0000ridg/page/66/mode/2up |title=Community Leadership in Maryland, 1790–1840 |last=Ridgway |first=Whitman H. |publisher=The University of North Carolina Press |year=1979 |page=66 |via=[[Archive.org]] |access-date=2024-04-28}}</ref>
Sappington was appointed as register of wills by Governor [[Thomas Pratt (Maryland politician)|Thomas Pratt]] in 1844 or 1845. He served in that role until 1851.<ref name="portrait"/><ref name="obit"/><ref name="western"/> He then was editor of the ''Frederick Herald'' for three years.<ref name="obit"/><ref name="western"/> At the time of his death, he was affiliated with the American ([[Know Nothing]]) Party.<ref name="history"/>
==Personal life==
Sappington married Sarah Coale, daughter of Richard Cole and sister of [[James M. Coale]]. They had nine sons and two daughters, including James, John, Thomas, Henry, [[Greenberry R. Sappington|Greenberry R.]], Sidney, Augustus, William Coale, Francis B., Caroline (or Catherine) and Sarah "Sally" R.<ref name="founders"/><ref name="portrait"/><ref name="history"/> He later married Louisa (Louise) C. Klein, daughter of Charles S. Klein. They had five sons, Richelieu, Richard D., Wentworth, Francis Brown and George.<ref name="portrait"/><ref name="history"/> His son Greenberry served in the Maryland senate.<ref name="history"/> His grandson [[Richard F. Sappington]] was a state delegate.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-times-frederick-7-apr-1930-t/146195457/ |title=Frederick |date=1930-04-07 |newspaper=The Salisbury Times |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=2024-04-28}}{{Open access}}</ref>
Sappington died on July 18, 1857, in [[Frederick, Maryland|Frederick]].<ref name="obit"/><ref name="history"/>
==References==
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[[Category:Maryland state senators]]
[[Category:Maryland Whigs]]
[[Category:Maryland Democrats]]
[[Category:Maryland Know Nothings]]
[[Category:American newspaper editors]]
[[Category:Farmers from Maryland]]
[[Category:19th-century American farmers]]
[[Category:19th-century American politicians]]
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{{Short description|American politician (died 1857)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Thomas Sappington
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| state_senate = Maryland
| district = Western Shore
| term_start = 1831
| term_end = 1836
| state_delegate2 = Maryland
| district2 = [[Frederick County, Maryland|Frederick County]]
| term_start2 = 1825
| term_end2 = 1827
| alongside2 = [[Samuel Barrnes]], [[John C. Cockey]], [[William P. Farquhar]], [[Alexander McIlhenny]]
| predecessor2 = Samuel Barnes, [[Joseph M. Cromwell]], William P. Farquhar, [[Henry Kemp (American politician)|Henry Kemp]]
| successor2 = [[Nicholas Holtz]], [[David Kemp]], [[Isaac Shriver]], [[Francis Thomas]]
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{circa|1789}}
| birth_place = [[Libertytown, Maryland]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date|1857|7|18}}
| death_place = [[Frederick, Maryland]], U.S.
| resting_place =
| party = [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]<br />[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]<br />[[Know Nothing]]
| father = [[Francis Brown Sappington]]
| spouse = Sarah Coale<br />Louisa C. Klein
| children = 16
| relatives = [[Richard F. Sappington]] (grandson)
| education =
| alma_mater =
| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|newspaper editor|farmer}}
| signature =
}}
'''Thomas Sappington''' ({{circa|1789}} – July 18, 1857) was an American politician from Maryland. He served as a member of the [[Maryland House of Delegates]] and [[Maryland Senate]].
==Early life==
Thomas Sappington was born around 1789 in [[Libertytown, Maryland]], to Ann (née Ridgely or Richelieu) and [[Francis Brown Sappington]].<ref name="founders">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/foundersofannear00warf_0/page/378/mode/2up |title=The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland |last=Warfield |first=J. D. |publisher=Kohn & Pollock |year=1905 |page=379 |via=[[Archive.org]] |access-date=2024-04-28}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="portrait">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/portraitbiograph01chap_0/page/n435/mode/2up |title=Portrait and Biographical Record of the Sixth Congressional District, Maryland |publisher=Chapman Publishing Company |year=1898 |pages=267–268 |via=[[Archive.org]] |access-date=2024-04-28}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="history">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/historyoffrederi0002will/page/796/mode/2up |title=History of Frederick County, Maryland |volume=2 |last1=Williams |first1=T. J. C. |last2=McKinsey |first2=Folger |publisher=L. R. Titsworth & Co. |year=1910 |pages=797,885,1420–1421,1449–1450 |via=[[Archive.org]] |access-date=2024-04-28}}</ref> His father was a physician in Libertytown and served as a state delegate.<ref name="portrait"/><ref name="msa">{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/house/html/frhouse.html |title=Historical List, House of Delegates, Frederick County (1790-1974) |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=[[Maryland State Archives]] |date=2024-03-20 |access-date=2024-04-28}}</ref> His mother was a relative of [[Cardinal Richelieu]].<ref name="portrait"/> He was educated in schools in [[Frederick County, Maryland|Frederick County]].<ref name="history"/>
==Career==
As a young man, Sappington traveled with Mr. Beard to Kentucky to visit his uncle, John Sappington. He settled in [[Beardstown, Kentucky|Beardstown]].<ref name="portrait"/><ref name="history"/> While in Kentucky, he served in a cavalry regiment in the [[War of 1812]]. He served under [[William Henry Harrison]] and was at the [[Battle of Tippecanoe]].<ref name="founders"/><ref name="portrait"/> After the war, he ran a store in Libertytown with his brother Francis B. for a short time.<ref name="portrait"/><ref name="western">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofwestern01scha/page/480/mode/2up |title=History of Western Maryland |last=Scharf |first=J. Thomas |volume=1 |publisher=Louis H. Everts |year=1882 |pages=480,529,602 |via=[[Archive.org]] |access-date=2024-04-28}}{{Open access}}</ref> He also worked as a farmer.<ref name="history"/>
Sappington was first a [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] and later became a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]. He served as a member of the [[Maryland House of Delegates]], representing Frederick County from 1825 to 1827.<ref name="msa"/><ref name="obit">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-death-of-col-sappingt/146198931/ |title=Death of Col. Sappington |date=1857-07-23 |newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |page=2 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=2024-04-27}}{{Open access}}</ref> He served as a member of the [[Maryland Senate]], representing the Western Shore from 1831 to 1836. He was president and president pro tempore of the senate in 1834.<ref name="obit"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/senate/html/westernsh.html |title=Historical List, Senate, Western Shore (1777-1837) |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=[[Maryland State Archives]] |date=2014-01-10 |access-date=2024-04-28}}</ref> He chaired the 1833 reform convention in Baltimore.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/communityleaders0000ridg/page/66/mode/2up |title=Community Leadership in Maryland, 1790–1840 |last=Ridgway |first=Whitman H. |publisher=The University of North Carolina Press |year=1979 |page=66 |via=[[Archive.org]] |access-date=2024-04-28}}</ref>
Sappington was appointed as register of wills by Governor [[Thomas Pratt (Maryland politician)|Thomas Pratt]] in 1844 or 1845. He served in that role until 1851.<ref name="portrait"/><ref name="obit"/><ref name="western"/> He then was editor of the ''Frederick Herald'' for three years.<ref name="obit"/><ref name="western"/> At the time of his death, he was affiliated with the American ([[Know Nothing]]) Party.<ref name="history"/>
==Personal life==
Sappington married Sarah Coale, daughter of Richard Cole and sister of [[James M. Coale]]. They had nine sons and two daughters, including James, John, Thomas, Henry, [[Greenberry R. Sappington|Greenberry R.]], Sidney, Augustus, William Coale, Francis B., Caroline (or Catherine) and Sarah "Sally" R.<ref name="founders"/><ref name="portrait"/><ref name="history"/> He later married Louisa (Louise) C. Klein, daughter of Charles S. Klein. They had five sons, Richelieu, Richard D., Wentworth, Francis Brown and George.<ref name="portrait"/><ref name="history"/> His son Greenberry served in the Maryland senate.<ref name="history"/> His grandson [[Richard F. Sappington]] was a state delegate.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-times-frederick-7-apr-1930-t/146195457/ |title=Frederick |date=1930-04-07 |newspaper=The Salisbury Times |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=2024-04-28}}{{Open access}}</ref>
Sappington died on July 18, 1857, in [[Frederick, Maryland|Frederick]].<ref name="obit"/><ref name="history"/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sappington, Thomas}}
[[Category:Year of birth uncertain]]
[[Category:1780s births]]
[[Category:1857 deaths]]
[[Category
eople from Frederick County, Maryland]][[Category
eople from Bardstown, Kentucky]][[Category
eople from Kentucky in the War of 1812]][[Category:Members of the Maryland House of Delegates]]
[[Category:Maryland state senators]]
[[Category:Maryland Whigs]]
[[Category:Maryland Democrats]]
[[Category:Maryland Know Nothings]]
[[Category:American newspaper editors]]
[[Category:Farmers from Maryland]]
[[Category:19th-century American farmers]]
[[Category:19th-century American politicians]]
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