Appleton, William

(November 16, 1786 – February 15, 1862) US Congressman. He was a successful trader, ship owner, and banker merchant in Boston with Samuel Hooper as his business partner, when he entered politics in 1850. In 1851, he was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses, serving until 1855. He was again elected as a Constitutional Unionist to the Thirty-seventh Congress in 1861, but resigned due to failing health and died shortly after at age 75.

Husband of Mary Ann Appleton. Father of Charles H. Appleton. Subscriber to Story Statue. Lot 464, Lot 465, Lot 466, Lot 468, and Lot 469. Buried in Lot 469.