Frederick Perry Stanton (December 22, 1814 – June 4, 1894) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 10th congressional district and as Secretary (and at times acting governor) of the Kansas Territory.

His father Richard was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War, and afterwards became a bricklayer (a skill that he later taught his son).

[2] Stanton served as the governor of Kansas Territory from 1858 to 1861, according to the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

He was twice proposed as a United States Senator, the first time in 1859 contingent upon the admission of Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution, the second in 1861 when incumbent senator James H. Lane was offered a commission in the United States Army, but both times no such opportunity materialized.

[5] Stanton died near Ocala, Marion County, Florida on June 4, 1894 (age 79 years, 164 days).