Milton Stapp

Milton Stapp (born July 14, 1792 in Scott County , Kentucky , †  August 2, 1869 in Galveston , Texas ) was an American politician . Between 1828 and 1831 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Indiana .

Career

Milton Stapp was briefed by private tutors. He has acquired further knowledge himself. He worked on his father's farm and became a member of the state militia as a musician. In 1813 he took part in the British-American War as a soldier . He was slightly wounded in the process. In 1814 he moved to Madison in what is now Indiana. Here, too, he became a member of the state militia, in which he rose to major general in the course of time. He also became the deputy chief of police in his homeland. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1822, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career. In December 1823 he was elected to the Indiana Senate. He stayed there until 1826. He then served as public prosecutor in the second judicial district of his state. In 1827 he became a member of the Indiana House of Representatives .

In 1828, Stapp was elected Lieutenant Governor of Indiana at the side of James B. Ray . This post he held between December 3, 1828, December 7, 1831. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate. In 1831 he applied unsuccessfully for the office of governor. In 1835 and 1839 Stapp was re-elected to the state legislature. In 1838 he ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate . In the economic crisis of those years, Stapp lost a considerable part of his fortune. Politically, he had meanwhile joined the Whig Party . In June 1848 he took part as a delegate at their federal party conference in Philadelphia , at which General Zachary Taylor was nominated as a presidential candidate. Stapp was the only Indiana delegate who gave Taylor his vote on the nomination. In the meantime, he was also under discussion as governor for the Minnesota Territory . He later became mayor of Madison City. There he tried to improve the school system. His proposals in this regard led to heated political debates and ended with his resignation. In June 1852 Milton Stapp was again for the Whigs National Convention . After the dissolution of his party in the early 1850s, he withdrew from politics. He later held an administrative post with the City of Madison and he was against the efforts of the Republican Party to abolish slavery . Although he was an opponent of this institution himself, he considered it legally legitimate, since it was not prohibited in the constitution.

Milton Stapp came to Texas via the states of Missouri and Kansas in 1857. A railway project he had planned failed there due to financial problems. During the civil war he had to leave this state as a northerner . He later came back to Texas. He died on August 2, 1869 in the local city of Galveston.

Web links

• Milton Stapp in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• The Political Graveyard