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Milton Sutliff (October 6 or 16,〔Sutliff 1909 : 115〕 1806 – April 24, 1878) was a Republican politician in the U.S. State of Ohio who was a member of the Ohio Senate for one year and an Ohio Supreme Court Judge from 1858 to 1863. == Biography == Milton Sutliff was born in Warren, Ohio;〔Smith 1898 : 76〕 other sources that give his birthplace as Vernon〔 refer to Vernon Township. He was the fifth of seven children born to Samuel Sutliff (1765–1840)〔Sutliff 1909 : 84, 115〕 and Ruth (Granger) Sutliff (1770–1843),〔Sutliff 1909 : 115–116〕 a cousin of Gideon Granger.〔Williams 1882 : 178-181〕 The town of Sutliff, Iowa was named after his elder brother Allen C. Sutliff (1796–1873). As a young adult, he traveled through the South, and became an Abolitionist. He returned to Warren in 1830 and graduated from Western Reserve College in 1834.〔Smith 1898 : 76–77〕 That year he also founded the Anti-Slavery Society of the Western Reserve, after being instrumental in founding the National Anti-Slavery Society in 1833 in Philadelphia. He also was admitted to the bar in 1834.〔 In 1839 he formed a partnership with Henry W. King〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=The Supreme Court of Ohio & The Ohio Judicial System )〕 In 1849, as a Freesoiler, Sutliff was elected to represent Trumbull and Geauga counties in the Ohio Senate for the 49th General Assembly.〔Ohio 1917 : 236〕 In 1857, Sutliff was nominated by the Republican Party for Judge of the Ohio Supreme Court, and he defeated Democrat Henry C. Whitman in the general election.〔Smith 1898 : 74〕 He was not re-nominated in 1862. In 1872, Sutliff was nominated by the Democrats for United States Representative from Ohio's 19th congressional district, but lost to James A. Garfield.〔Smith 1898 : 306〕 Sutliff died of apoplexy during a violent storm in Warren.〔 〕〔 〕 He is buried at Oakwood Cemetery in the family plot. His estate, valued at $500,000,〔 〕 left $10,000 in property to the city of Warren to help establish a library. The Warren Public Library was dedicated February 3, 1906, including its Sutliff lecture room.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Milton Sutliff」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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