Milton Kraus (June 26, 1866 – November 18, 1942) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a
U.S. Representative
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from
Indiana
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from 1917 to 1923.
Biography
Born in
Kokomo, Indiana
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to
German-Jewish
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parents, Kraus attended the common and high schools.
He was graduated from the law department of the
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1886.
He was
admitted to the bar in 1887 and commenced practice in
Peru, Indiana. He organized a company of volunteers for the Spanish–American War.
Political career
He was a
presidential elector
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in the
1908 presidential election.
Kraus was elected as a
Republican to the
Sixty-fifth,
Sixty-sixth, and
Sixty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the
Sixty-eighth Congress.
Later career and death
He resumed manufacturing activities.
He died in
Wabash, Indiana
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Wabash is notable as claiming to be the first electrically lighted cit ...
, November 18, 1942.
He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery,
Peru, Indiana.
See also
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List of Jewish members of the United States Congress
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Senate
Elected to the Senate, but not seated
House ...
References
1866 births
1942 deaths
People from Kokomo, Indiana
American people of German-Jewish descent
American military personnel of the Spanish–American War
University of Michigan Law School alumni
Jewish American people in Indiana politics
Jewish members of the United States House of Representatives
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
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1908 United States presidential electors