John Millson

John Singleton Millson ( born October 1, 1808 in Norfolk, Virginia; † March 1, 1874 ) was an American politician. Between 1849 and 1861 he represented the state of Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Millson enjoyed a university education. After a subsequent law degree in 1829 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Norfolk to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In the congressional elections of 1848, Millson in the first electoral district of Virginia was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Archibald Atkinson on March 4, 1849. After five re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1861 six legislative periods. These were shaped by the events leading up to the Civil War.

Since 1853 Millson represented as the successor of Richard Kidder Meade the second district of his state. From 1851 to 1853 he was chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Since the state of Virginia resigned from the Union in early 1861, John Millsons mandate in Congress was no longer occupied. Only in the year 1870, the second headquarters of the Virginia Republican James H. Platt was re- occupied.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives John Millson again practiced as a lawyer. He died on 1 March 1874 in his hometown of Norfolk.