Stewart Hoffman Appleby
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 3rd district
In office
November 3, 1925 โ€“ March 3, 1927
Preceded byElmer H. Geran
Succeeded byHarold G. Hoffman
Personal details
BornMay 17, 1890
Asbury Park, New Jersey, US
DiedJanuary 12, 1964(1964-01-12) (aged 73)
Miami, Florida, US
Political partyRepublican
Professionpolitician

Stewart Hoffman Appleby (May 17, 1890 โ€“ January 12, 1964) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district from 1925โ€“1927, filling the vacancy of his father T. Frank Appleby, who had been elected to office but died before taking the seat.

Early life and career

Born in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Appleby attended the public schools of Asbury Park, and Mercersburg Academy. He graduated from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1913 and afterward engaged in the real estate and insurance business.

Appleby organized and served as vice president of the First National Bank of Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey. During the First World War, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on May 17, 1917, and served until May 17, 1921. He was commissioned a captain in the United States Marine Corps Reserve on November 24, 1925.

Congress

Appleby was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, Representative-elect T. Frank Appleby, and served from November 3, 1925, to March 3, 1927, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1926.

World War II and retirement

During World War II, Appleby served in the United States Coast Guard, being discharged in September 1945 as a coxswain.

He retired to Hallandale, Florida, and died in Miami, Florida, January 12, 1964. He was interred in Arlington National Cemetery, Fort Myer, Virginia.

  • United States Congress. "Stewart H. Appleby (id: A000266)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • Stewart Hoffman Appleby at The Political Graveyard
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