Milton J. Durham

Milton J. Durham

Milton Jameson Durham (born May 16, 1824 in Perryville , Boyle County , Kentucky , †  February 12, 1911 in Lexington , Kentucky) was an American politician . Between 1873 and 1879 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Milton Durham attended the public schools in his home country. He then studied until 1844 in Greencastle ( Indiana ) at what is now DePauw University . Durham then worked as a teacher for a few years. After a subsequent law degree at Louisville Law School and his admission as a lawyer in 1850, he began to work in Danville in this profession. In 1861 and 1862 he served as a judge in the Kentucky Eighth District Court.

Politically, Durham was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1872 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded George Madison Adams on March 4, 1873 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1879 . Between 1875 and 1877 he was chairman of the committee for the revision of the laws. Before the elections of 1878 Durham was not nominated by his party for another legislature.

After leaving Congress, Milton Durham initially practiced as a lawyer again. Between 1885 and 1889 he was First Comptroller of the Treasury for the US Treasury Department. In 1890 he moved to Lexington where he got into banking. From 1901 until his death in 1911, he worked for the Tax Department in Lexington. He was buried in Danville.

Web links

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• Milton J. Durham in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Milton J. Durham in the database of Find a Grave (English)