William Frederick Sapp Explained

William Frederick Sapp
Birth Date:30 August 1856
Death Place:Galena, Kansas
Spouse:Mary E. Wood
Parents:Rezin Sapp
Margaret E. Ferry

William Frederick Sapp (August 30, 1856 - March 8, 1917) was an unsuccessful Democratic party candidate for the state of Kansas in the United States House of Representatives elections of 1894. He was a member of Democratic National Committee from Kansas.

Biography

He was born on August 30, 1856, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Rezin Sapp and Margaret E. Ferry.[1] His father was a Methodist minister.

He married Mary E. Wood on October 29, 1885, in Quincy, Illinois. She was the daughter of Daniel Wood and Mary Abernethy.[1]

He was an unsuccessful Democratic party candidate for the state of Kansas in the United States House of Representatives elections of 1894. He was the Kansas Democratic state chair from 1904 to 1906. He was a member of Democratic National Committee from Kansas in 1912.[2]

He died on March 8, 1917, in Galena, Kansas. He was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans . Hon. William Frederick Sapp . 1918.
  2. Encyclopedia: . Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History . William Frederick Sapp . 1912 .
  3. Web site: William Frederick Sapp . 2015-01-23 . .