Milton H. Welling

Milton H. Welling

Milton Holmes Welling (born January 25, 1876 in Farmington , Utah , † May 28, 1947 in Salt Lake City , Utah) was an American politician . Between 1917 and 1921 he represented the first constituency of the state of Utah in the US House of Representatives .

Early years

Milton Welling attended his home public schools, Latter-day Saints' University and then the University of Utah . He then worked in agriculture, trade and banking. In 1906 he became a curator of Brigham Young College , which later became Brigham Young University .

Political career

Welling became a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1911 and 1915 he was an MP in the Utah House of Representatives . In the congressional elections of 1916 he was elected to the US House of Representatives, where he replaced Joseph Howell on March 4, 1917 . After re-election in 1918, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1921 . In 1920 he decided not to run again. Instead, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the US Senate .

Another résumé

Between 1925 and 1928, Milton Welling was director of the Utah State Registration Office. From 1928 to 1937 he was Secretary of State, executive officer of the government of Utah. He was also a curator of the Utah State Agricultural College (1926–1936) and a member of the governing body of the University of Utah (1928–1936). In 1937 and 1938, Welling worked for the US Department of the Interior on a study of public grazing land. After that, Milton Welling dealt with private business, which in the meantime also included mining in addition to agriculture. In January 1943, he became an auditor in the US Army Air Force during World War II . He then worked for the War Assets Administration in Salt Lake City until his death in 1947 .

Web links

• Milton H. Welling in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Milton H. Welling in the database of Find a Grave (English)