Milton Sayler
Milton Sayler | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 1st district | |
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879 | |
Preceded by | Ozro J. Dodds |
Succeeded by | Benjamin Butterworth |
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the Hamilton County district | |
In office January 6, 1862 – January 3, 1864 Serving with eight others | |
Preceded by | seven others |
Succeeded by | ten others |
Personal details | |
Born | Lewisburg, Ohio | November 4, 1831
Died | November 17, 1892 New York City | (aged 61)
Resting place | Spring Grove Cemetery |
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | Miami University Cincinnati Law School |
Milton Sayler (November 4, 1831 – November 17, 1892) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a three-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1873 to 1879. He was a cousin of Henry B. Sayler, who served in the U.S. Congress, representing Indiana.
Early life and career
[edit]Born in Lewisburg, Ohio, Sayler attended the public schools. He pursued classical studies and was graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1852. He studied law at the Cincinnati Law School. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Political career
[edit]He served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1862 and 1863. He served as member of the Cincinnati City Council in 1864 and 1865.
Congress
[edit]Sayler was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879). He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Lands (Forty-fourth Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress.
Later career and death
[edit]He moved to New York City and resumed the practice of his profession. He died in that city November 17, 1892. He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Notes
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Sources
[edit]- United States Congress. "Milton Sayler (id: S000101)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
External links
[edit]- Works by or about Milton Sayler at the Internet Archive
- Milton Sayler at Find a Grave
- Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900. .
- This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- 1831 births
- 1892 deaths
- Miami University alumni
- Politicians from Cincinnati
- University of Cincinnati College of Law alumni
- Cincinnati City Council members
- Burials at Spring Grove Cemetery
- Democratic Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives
- Ohio lawyers
- 19th-century American legislators
- 19th-century American lawyers
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio