William Sumner Appleton (1874–1947), founder of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
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Upon the resignation of congressman William Appleton in the United States House of Representatives, Hooper was elected to fill his seat, representing Massachusetts's fifth district in the 37th Congress.
In late 1859 the Appleton family visited a maternal uncle (William Burnley) who ran an import-export agency in the Port Phillip District, after which William Appleton returend to England and completed his education at Wharfdale College, Yorkshire.