Milton Sutliff was a Republican politician in the U.S. State

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 of Ohio

Ohio

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 who was a member of the Ohio Senate

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 for one year and an Ohio Supreme Court Judge from 1858 to 1863.

Biography

Milton Sutliff was born in Warren, Ohio

Warren, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 46,832 people, 19,288 households and 12,035 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,912.4 people per square mile . There were 21,279 housing units at an average density of 1,322.9 per square mile...

; other sources that give his birthplace as Vernon refer to Vernon Township

Vernon Township, Trumbull County, Ohio

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. He was the fifth of seven children born to Samuel Sutliff (1765–1840) and Ruth (Granger) Sutliff (1770–1843),, a cousin of Gideon Granger

Gideon Granger

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. The town of Sutliff, Iowa

Sutliff, Iowa

Sutliff is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Iowa, United States, just south of Lisbon. The community was founded at the location of Sutliff's ferry. The ferry was operated from 1838 or 1840 onward by Allen C. Sutliff , the elder brother of the Ohio Supreme Court Judge Milton Sutliff...

 was named after his elder brother Allen C. Sutliff (1796–1873).

As a young adult, he traveled through the South, and became an Abolitionist. He returned to Warren in 1830 and graduated from Western Reserve College

Western Reserve College

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 in 1834. That year he also founded the Anti-Slavery Society of the Western Reserve, after being instrumental in founding the National Anti-Slavery Society in 1833 in Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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. He also was admitted to the bar in 1834.

In 1849, as a Freesoiler

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, Sutliff was elected to represent Trumbull

Trumbull County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 225,116 people, 89,020 households, and 61,690 families residing in the county. The population density was 365 people per square mile . There were 95,117 housing units at an average density of 154 per square mile...

 and Geauga

Geauga County, Ohio

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 Counties in the Ohio Senate for the 49th General Assembly.

In 1857, Sutliff was nominated by the Republican Party for Judge of the Ohio Supreme Court, and he defeated Democrat Henry C. Whitman in the General Election. He was not re-nominated in 1862. In 1872, Sutliff was nominated by the Democrats for United States Representative from Ohio's 19th congressional district

Ohio's 19th congressional district

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, but lost to James A. Garfield. Sutliff died in Warren.