Milton Sutliff

Milton Sutliff (October 6 or 16,^[1] 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;^[2] other sources that give his birthplace as Vernon^[3] refer to Vernon Township. He was the fifth of seven children born to Samuel Sutliff (1765–1840)^[4] and Ruth (Granger) Sutliff (1770–1843),^[5], a cousin of Gideon Granger.^[6] 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.^[7] 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.^[7]

In 1849, as a Freesoiler, Sutliff was elected to represent Trumbull and Geauga Counties in the Ohio Senate for the 49th General Assembly.^[8]

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.^[9] 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.^[10] Sutliff died in Warren.^[7]

See also

• List of Justices of the Ohio Supreme Court

Notes

1. ^ Sutliff 1909 : 115
2. ^ Smith 1898 : 76
3. ^ Sutliff 1909 : 115
4. ^ Sutliff 1909 : 84, 115
5. ^ Sutliff 1909 : 115–116
6. ^ Williams 1882 : 178-181
7. ^ ^{a b c} Smith 1898 : 76–77
8. ^ Ohio 1917 : 236
9. ^ Smith 1898 : 74
10. ^ Smith 1898 : 306

References

• Smith, Joseph P, ed (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company. http://books.google.com/books?id=eaAFAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA76. 
• Ohio General Assembly (1917). Manual of legislative practice in the General Assembly. State of Ohio. http://books.google.com/books?id=7qesAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA236. 
• Sutliff, Samuel Milton (1909). A History of the American and Puritanical Family of Sutliff or Sutliffe. Downers Grove, IL: Kelmscott. 
• History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties. 1. Cleveland: H Z Williams and Brother. 1882. http://books.google.com/books?id=zxkVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA178. 

Persondata
Name	Sutliff, Milton
Alternative names
Short description	Ohio Jurist and Legislator
Date of birth	October 6, 1806
Place of birth	Warren, Ohio United States
Date of death	April 24, 1878
Place of death	Warren, Ohio United States

Legal offices
Preceded by Ozias Bowen	Ohio Supreme Court Judges 1858-1863	Succeeded by Rufus P. Ranney
Ohio Senate
Preceded by John F. Beaver	Senator from Trumbull and Geauga Counties 1850-1851	Succeeded by John I. Todd