| Sherry Appleton | |
| State House: | Washington |
| District: | 23rd |
| Term Start: | January 10, 2005 |
| Term End: | January 11, 2021 |
| Preceded: | Phil Rockefeller |
| Succeeded: | Tarra Simmons |
| Party: | Democrat |
| Birth Name: | Sherry Phyllis Tarpey |
| Birth Date: | 28 October 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Providence, Rhode Island |
| Alma Mater: | University of Miami |
| Spouse: | Ron Appleton |
Sherry Phyllis Appleton (née Tarpey, October 28, 1942 — October 25, 2023) was an American politician who was a member of the Democratic Party. She was a member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing the 23rd district from 2005 to 2021.
She was on the Poulsbo City Council for two terms.
She was first elected to the Washington House of Representatives for the 23rd district in 2004. The committees she was on are the House Local Government, Public Safety, State Government & Tribal Relations, Community Development, Joint Committee on Veterans' and Military Affairs. She was the chair of the Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs House committees. She chaired the Council of State Governments' Public Safety Committee, and was a member of the Washington Council on Aging and Washington state's Commission on Judicial Conduct.
She married Ron Appleton (1930–2006) in 1981.[1] [2] They had five children and she has lived in Poulsbo for at least 30 years.