Charles S. Millington

{{infobox officeholder

|name=Charles S. Millington

|image=Charles S. Millington.jpg

|state=New York

|district={{ushr|NY|27|27th}}

|term_start=March 4, 1909

|term_end=March 3, 1911

|predecessor=James S. Sherman

|successor=Charles A. Talcott

|birth_name=Charles Stephen Millington

|birth_date={{birth date|1855|3|13}}

|birth_place=Norway, New York, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1913|10|25|1855|3|13}}

|death_place=Herkimer, New York, U.S.

|resting_place=Pine Grove Cemetery
Poland, Herkimer County, New York, U.S.

|party=Republican

|alma_mater=Fairfield Academy

|profession={{hlist|Politician|banker}}

|spouse={{marriage|Allie T. Webster|1878}}

|children=3

}}

Charles Stephen Millington (March 13, 1855 – October 25, 1913) was an American politician and banker from New York. He served as a U.S. Representative from 1909 to 1911.

Early life

Charles Stephen Millington was born on March 13, 1855, in Norway, New York, to Harty L. (née Lamberson) and Stephen R. Millington. He attended the district schools of Poland, the Fairfield Academy, and Hungerford Collegiate Institute.{{Cite web |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000772 |title=Millington, Charles Stephen |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=2024-08-18}}{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_tH0_AAAAYAAJ/page/n27/mode/2up |title=New York State Men: Biographic Studies and Character Portraits |last=Hills |first=Frederick S. |publisher=The Argue Company |year=1910 |page=28 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2024-08-18}}{{Open access}}{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/coldbrookmethodi00unse/page/40/mode/2up |title=Cold Brook Methodism: Centennial |page=41 |year=1929 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2024-08-18}}{{Open access}}

Career

At the age of 19, Millington began working at the Hungerford National Bank, Adams, New York. He organized and became the cashier of the Bank of Poland. In 1880, he reorganized the Bank of Poland into a national bank. He moved to Herkimer, New York, in 1894 and became vice president of the Herkimer Bank. In 1895, he became president of the bank and the bank became national in 1898. He was president of the First National Bank of Dolgeville and served as vice president of the Mohawk Valley Real Estate Company.

Millington served as a delegate to the 1908 Republican National Convention. He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress (March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911), representing the 27th district. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress.

Millington was appointed by President William Howard Taft as Assistant Treasurer of the United States in charge of the subtreasury in New York City on May 12, 1911, and served until his death.