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Jesse Appleton

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Second president of Bowdoin College (1772-1819)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1772 to 1819 · aged 46
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Jesse Appleton was the second president of Bowdoin College and the father of Jane Pierce, the First Lady of the United States.

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Appleton's daughter, Jane Pierce with her last surviving son, Benjamin Pierce, who died in 1853 in a train crash, two months before his father was sworn into office as president.Appleton's daughter, Jane Pierce with her last surviving son, Benjamin Pierce, who died in 1853 in a train crash, two months before his father was sworn into office as president.

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Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1772 to 1819 · aged 46
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