Milton Urner

Milton George Urner ( born July 29, 1839 Frederick County, Maryland, † February 9, 1926 in Frederick, Maryland ) was an American politician. Between 1879 and 1883 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Milton Urner was the uncle of the New York Congressman James S. Simmons ( 1861-1935 ). He attended the public schools of his home and then two schools in Pennsylvania. Between 1859 and 1862 he worked as a teacher in Maryland. After a subsequent law studies and his 1863 was admitted to a lawyer, he began in Frederick to work in this profession. From 1871 to 1875 he served as a prosecutor in Frederick County. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1878 Uri in the sixth constituency of Maryland was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William Walsh on March 4, 1879. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1883 two legislative sessions. Since 1881 he was chairman of the Committee on Accounts. In 1882 he gave up another candidacy.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives practiced Uri again as a lawyer in Frederick. In 1887 he represented as a lawyer and the Pennsylvania Railroad. From 1888 to 1890 belonged to Uri to the Senate of Maryland. In 1890 he was appointed by President Benjamin Harrison to the Naval Officer at the port of Baltimore. Uri was also active in banking and other business areas. He was also curator of several educational institutions. He died on February 9, 1926 in Frederick, where he was also buried.

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