John Millson

John Singleton Millson


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	(1808-10-01)October 1, 1808 Norfolk, Virginia
Died	March 1, 1874(1874-03-01) (aged 65) Norfolk, Virginia
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

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Archibald Atkinson	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 1st congressional district 1849–1853	Succeeded by Thomas H. Bayly
Preceded by Richard K. Meade	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 2nd congressional district 1853–1861	Succeeded by James H. Platt, Jr. (1870)
Political offices
Preceded by Loren P. Waldo Connecticut	Chairman of House Revolutionary Pensions Committee 1851–1853	Succeeded by William Montgomery Churchwell Tennessee

v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 1st congressional district
White Rutherford Morgan Page Smith J. Jackson McKinley Wilson J. Jackson Pindall E. Jackson Newton Loyall Newton Loyall Mallory Holleman Mallory Atkinson Millson Bayly Garnett Segar Ayer Critcher Sener Douglas Beale Garrison Mayo Garrison Croxton Browne Jones Bland Robeson Downing Trible Bateman Davis Wittman

v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 2nd congressional district
Brown Moore Holmes Stephenson Morrow Stephenson Baker White Tate Colston Van Swearingen Stephenson Smith Trezvant Mason Rives Cary Dromgoole Meade Millson Platt Goode Dezendorf Libbey Bowden Lawson Tyler Young Wise Young Wise Maynard Holland Deal Lankford Darden Hamilton Darden Harris Daughton Hardy Whitehurst Pickett Schrock Drake Nye Rigell Taylor Luria Kiggans

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