Frederick Perry Stanton

Frederick Perry Stanton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 10th district
In office March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1855
Preceded by	John B. Ashe
Succeeded by	Thomas Rivers
Personal details
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

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.

Biography

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.

Career

Elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress and the four succeeding Congresses, Stanton served from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1855.^[1] 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.^[2]

Stanton served as the governor of Kansas Territory from 1858 to 1861, according to the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. However, according to the Lecompton Historical Society, he instead served as acting governor from April 15, 1857 to May 27, 1857 and from November 16, 1857 to December 21, 1857. On April 1 of that year, he had been appointed Secretary of Kansas Territory, and he held that office until December 21. After his term ended, he moved to Virginia and subsequently settled in Florida. Upon retiring from the office he purchased a large tract of land near Lecompton and built what was at that time the largest and most costly residence in Kansas. At the beginning of the Civil war Stanton joined the Republican party. In 1861 he opened a law office in Washington, D. C., for practice in the supreme court of the United States. He was president of the International Peace League, and was a delegate to the Richmond convention in 1882. In 1885 he went to Florida for his health, and continued to reside in that state until his death.^[3]

Death and legacy

Stanton died near Ocala, Marion County, Florida on June 4, 1894 (age 79 years, 164 days). He is interred at South Lake Weir Cemetery at South Lake Weir, Florida.^[4] A marble bust of Gov. Stanton is among the collections of the Kansas Historical Society.

References

1. "Frederick Perry Stanton". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
2. "Frederick Perry Stanton". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
3. "Frederick Perry Stanton". State Library of Kansas. Archived from the original on November 10, 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
4. "Frederick Perry Stanton". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 14 March 2013.

External links

• Lecompton, Kansas' list of acting governors of Kansas Territory
• Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc.

• Frederick Perry Stanton at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Frederick Perry Stanton at Find a Grave