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[[File:R. Don McLeod of Crawfordville and General Thomas Jefferson Appleyard of Tallahassee.jpg|thumb|R. Don McLeod of Crawfordville and General Thomas Jefferson Appleyard of Tallahassee (circa 1920)]]
 
'''Thomas Jefferson Appleyard''' (August 19, 1850 - 1931) was a printer and newspaperman.
 
Born in Richmond, Virginia the son of John Appleyard and Sarah Wadsworth, immigrants from England.
 
==Career==
He worked at the ''Southern Opinion'' newspaper in Richmond and served in the Confederate Navy. He worked at various papers and married Sarah E. Kennedy (died October 15, 1916). They had eight children.<ref name=past"HOF">{{cite book |title=The History of Florida: Past & Present, |publisher=The Lewis Publishing Co., Vol.|volume=III |year=1923 |page=175}}</ref>
III, (1923) page 175</ref>
 
He ran various newspapers in different parts of Florida. A Democrat, he attended several Democratic National Conventions.
 
He was Secretary of the Florida Press Association for more than 30 years.<ref name=past"HOF"/>
 
Appleyard was the secretary of the [[Florida State Senate]] from 1895 until 1909.<ref name="tcc">{{cite web |title=Tallahassee Community College - In the News |url=http://www.tcc.fl.edu/media/divisions/board-of-trustees-documents/2010/november/news.pdf |access-date=16 December 2023 |page=23 |date=2010}}</ref>