- William Hall Milton
William Hall Milton (
March 2 ,1864 -January 4 ,1942 ) was aUS Senator fromFlorida who served as a Democrat.Born near Marianna,
Jackson County, Florida ; attended the public schools of Jackson County,Marianna Academy , and the Agricultural and Mechanical College,Auburn, Alabama ; city clerk and treasurer of Marianna 1885-1893; member of theFlorida House of Representatives 1889-1891; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1890; court commissioner 1890-1894; engaged in banking at Marianna 1890-1918;presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1892; United Statessurveyor general of Florida 1894-1897; president of the board of managers of the State reform school at Marianna 1897-1902; mayor of Marianna 1898-1899; unsuccessful candidate forGovernor of Florida in 1900 and 1912; appointed as a Democrat to theUnited States Senate March 27 ,1908 , to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofWilliam James Bryan and served from March 27, 1908, toMarch 3 ,1909 ; was not a candidate for reelection in 1908; resumed the practice of law and also engaged in the real estate and insurance business at Marianna, Fla.; member of the city council 1916-1917; appointed United States commissioner for the northern district of Florida in 1923; reappointed in 1927 and served until his death; district member of the State board of social welfare 1937-1942; died in Marianna, Fla.; interment in St. Luke’s Episcopal Cemetery.
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