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.
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 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.
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External links Sutliff Museum at Warren Library