John Singleton Millson | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 2nd district | |
In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1861 | |
Preceded by | Richard K. Meade |
Succeeded by | James H. Platt, Jr. (1870) |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 1st district | |
In office March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 | |
Preceded by | Archibald Atkinson |
Succeeded by | Thomas H. Bayly |
Chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions | |
In office March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | |
Preceded by | Loren P. Waldo |
Succeeded by | William Montgomery Churchwell |
Personal details | |
Born | Norfolk, Virginia | October 1, 1808
Died | March 1, 1874 Norfolk, Virginia | (aged 65)
Political party | Democratic |
Occupation | Attorney |
John Singleton Millson (October 1, 1808 – March 1, 1874) was an American lawyer and politician who served six consecutive terms as a U.S. Representative from Virginia from 1849 to 1861.
Biography
[edit]Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Millson pursued an academic course. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1829 and commenced practice in Norfolk.
Congress
[edit]Millson was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1861). He served as chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions (Thirty-second Congress).
He is notable as of one of only two Southern Democrats to have voted against the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the other being Thomas Hart Benton.
Later career
[edit]After leaving Congress. Millson resumed the practice of law. He died in Norfolk, Virginia, March 1, 1874. He was interred in Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Electoral history
[edit]- 1849; Millson was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 51.67% of the vote, defeating a Whig identified only as Watts.
- 1851; Millson was re-elected with 59.58% of the vote, defeating Whig Leopold C.P. Cowper.
- 1853; Millson was re-elected with 56.68% of the vote, defeating Whig Johnathan R. Chambliss and Independent Democrat William D. Roberts.
- 1855; Millson was re-elected with 53.29% of the vote, defeating American Party Watts.
- 1857; Millson was re-elected unopposed.
- 1859; Millson was re-elected with 61.46% of the vote, defeating Independents identified only as Pretlow, Chandler, and Sykes.
Sources
[edit]- United States Congress. "John Millson (id: M000780)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress