Milton C. Garber

Milton C. Garber

Milton Cline Garber (born November 30, 1867 in Humboldt , Humboldt County , California , †  September 12, 1948 in Alexandria , Minnesota ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1923 and 1933 he represented the eighth constituency of the state of Oklahoma in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Milton Garber grew up on a farm in Iowa . He attended the local public schools and then between 1887 and 1890 the Upper Iowa University in Fayette . Between 1891 and 1893 he completed a law degree at the University of Iowa . After being admitted to the bar in 1893, Garber settled on the Cherokee Strip in what was then Oklahoma Territory . In the village of Guthrie , he began to practice as a lawyer.

Together with his father and brother he founded the town of Garber , where the family then founded the oil fields there. From 1902 Garber was a probate judge in Garfield County . In 1906, he became an associate judge on the Oklahoma Territory Supreme Court and criminal judge in the Fifth Judicial District. After the founding of Oklahoma, Milton Garber was a judge in the Twelfth District Judge from 1908 to 1912. He then worked as a lawyer.

Politically, Milton Garber was a member of the Republican Party . From 1919 to 1921 he was mayor of the city of Enid . At that time he was also active in the newspaper business and in agriculture. In 1922 Garber was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Manuel Herrick on March 4, 1923 . After he was confirmed in the following elections, he was able to complete a total of five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1933 . In the elections of 1932 he was defeated by the Democrat Ernest Marland . This election result was in line with the federal trend at the time, which culminated with the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt as US President .

After serving in Congress, Milton Garber withdrew from politics and returned to his private affairs. He died on September 12, 1948 in Alexandria and was buried in Enid.

Web links

• Milton C. Garber in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Milton C. Garber in the database of Find a Grave (English)