Stephen C. Millard

Stephen C. Millard

Stephen Columbus Millard (born January 14, 1841 in Stamford , Vermont , † June 21, 1914 in Binghamton , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1883 and 1887 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Stephen Columbus Millard was born in Bennington County about five years before the outbreak of the Mexican-American War . He attended the Powers Institute . In 1865 he graduated from Williams College in Williamstown ( Massachusetts ). Then he attended Harvard Law School . After receiving his license to practice law in May 1867, he began practicing in Binghamton. Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party . Between 1872 and 1879 he chaired the Republican County Committee .

In the congressional elections of 1882 for the 48th Congress , Millard was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 28th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Jeremiah W. Dwight on March 4, 1883 . He ran in 1884 in the 26th constituency of New York for the 49th Congress . After a successful election, he succeeded Sereno E. Payne on March 4, 1885 . Since he on a run again in 1886 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1887 Congress of.

After his time in Congress he went back to his practice as a lawyer in Binghamton, where he died on June 21, 1914. His body was then interred in Spring Forest Cemetery .

Web links

• Stephen C. Millard in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Stephen C. Millard in the database of Find a Grave (English)