William Fletcher Sapp

William Fletcher Sapp

William Fletcher Sapp (born November 20, 1824 in Danville , Knox County , Ohio , †  November 22, 1890 in Council Bluffs , Iowa ) was an American politician . Between 1877 and 1881 he represented the state of Iowa in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Sapp was a nephew of William R. Sapp (1804-1875), who represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives between 1853 and 1857. He attended the public schools in his home country and the Martinsburg Academy . After a subsequent law degree from his uncle and his admission to the bar in 1850, he began to practice in his new profession in Mount Vernon . In 1854 and 1856 he was elected District Attorney for Knox County. In 1860 he moved to Omaha in what was then the Nebraska Territory , where he became a member of the territorial legislature. He also headed the militia as adjutant general . In 1862 he joined the Union Army during the Civil War , in which he made it to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the cavalry until the end of the war .

After the war, William Sapp moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he worked as a lawyer. In 1865 he was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives. From 1869 to 1873 he was a federal attorney for Iowa. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party . In 1876 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of Iowa , where he succeeded James W. McDill on March 4, 1877 . After re-election in 1878, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1881 . During this time, the reconstruction of the former Confederation ended .

In 1880, William Sapp turned down another candidacy. He worked as a lawyer in Council Bluffs for the following years until his death in 1890. He was buried in his hometown of Mount Vernon.

Web links

• William Fletcher Sapp in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Fletcher Sapp in the database of Find a Grave (English)