Milton Sutliff (October 6 or 16,
[ Sutliff 1909 : 115] 1806 – April 24, 1878) was a
Republican
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politician in the U.S. State of
Ohio
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who was a member of the
Ohio Senate
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for one year and an
Ohio Supreme Court
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Judge from 1858 to 1863.
Biography
Milton Sutliff was born in
Warren, Ohio
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; 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) and Ruth (Granger) Sutliff (1770–1843), a cousin of
Gideon Granger
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Early life
Granger was born in Suffield, Connecticut on ...
.
[ Williams 1882 : 178–181] The town of
Sutliff, Iowa
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was named after his elder brother
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(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
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. He also was admitted to the bar in 1834.
[ In 1839 he formed a partnership with Henry W. King.]Geauga
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counties in the Ohio Senate for the 49th General Assembly.
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. He was not re-nominated in 1862. In 1872, Sutliff was nominated by the Democrats for United States Representative
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from Ohio's 19th congressional district
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, but lost to James A. Garfield
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.
Sutliff died of apoplexy
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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
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Republican Party Ohio state senators
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1806 births
1878 deaths
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