district serviceyears branch succeeded commands allegiance party term_end preceded battles term_start rank image article_title state name otherparty
2nd 1861 usa army union army edward h. rollins new hampshire 1st new hampshire infantry united states 1861 republican march 3 , 1861 george w. morrison american civil war march 4 , 1855 35px colonel mason weare tappan.png mason tappan
 new hampshire mason weare tappan republican
mason tappan

mason weare tappan -lrb- october 20 , 1817 -- october 25 , 1886 -rrb- was a new hampshire state representative , a u.s. congressman from 1855 to 1861 , a colonel during the american civil war and the new hampshire attorney general .
he was born in newport , new hampshire , and grew up in bradford .
he attended private schools and the hopkinton and meriden academies .
he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1841 and commenced practice in bradford .
tappan served in the new hampshire house of representatives 1853-1855 .
he was elected as an american party candidate to the thirty-fourth congress and reelected as a republican to the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth congresses -lrb- march 4 , 1855-march 3 , 1861 -rrb- .
while in congress , he served as chairman , committee on claims -lrb- thirty-sixth congress -rrb- .
he was not a candidate for renomination in 1860 .
during the civil war , he served as colonel of the 1st new hampshire infantry , a three-months regiment raised in 1861 in response to president abraham lincoln 's call to arms .
he mustered out in august 1861 .
tappan died in office as the new hampshire attorney general at the age of 69 .
he is buried in pleasant hill cemetery , bradford , new hampshire .
