Charles Stephen Millington (March 13, 1855 – October 25, 1913) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
New York
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Born in
Norway, New York
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The town borders the Adirondack Park.
History
The town wa ...
, Millington attended the district schools of Poland, the
Fairfield Academy
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It was organized as an academy for men in 1802, when the community was an active local manufacturing center. ...
, and Hungerford Collegiate Institute. He entered the employ of the Hungerford National Bank,
Adams, New York
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, and became the cashier of the Bank of Poland.
Millington moved to
Herkimer, New York
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The town contains a village also called Herkimer. Herkimer County Community ...
, in 1894 and continued in the banking business. He served as a delegate to the
1908 Republican National Convention
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U.S. Secretary of Wa ...
.
Millington was elected as a
Republican
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to the
Sixty-first Congress (March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the
Sixty-second Congress.
Millington was appointed by President Taft as Assistant
Treasurer of the United States
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in charge of the subtreasury in
New York City
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on May 12, 1911, and served until his death in Herkimer on October 25, 1913.
He was interred in Pine Grove Cemetery in
Poland, New York.
Sources
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1855 births
1913 deaths
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
19th-century American legislators