Milton Sayler
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name= Milton Sayler
| image=Milton Sayler Brady Handy.05035.jpg
|state= Ohio
|district= 1st
|party= Democratic
|term_start = March 4, 1873
|term_end = March 3, 1879
|preceded= Ozro J. Dodds
|succeeded= Benjamin Butterworth
|state_house2=Ohio
|district2=Hamilton County
|term_start2=January 6, 1862
|term_end2=January 3, 1864
|preceded2=seven others
|succeeded2=ten others
|alongside2=eight others
| birth_date = {{birth date|1831|11|4}}
| birth_place = Lewisburg, Ohio
| death_date = {{death date and age|1892|11|17|1831|11|4}}
| death_place = New York City
| restingplace=Spring Grove Cemetery
| spouse=
| children =
| religion=
|alma_mater =Miami University
Cincinnati Law School
}}
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Milton Sayler (November 4, 1831 – November 17, 1892) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a three-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1873 to 1879. He was a cousin of Henry B. Sayler, who served in the U.S. Congress, representing Indiana.
Early life and career
Born in Lewisburg, Ohio, Sayler attended the public schools.
He pursued classical studies and was graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1852.
He studied law at the Cincinnati Law School.
He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Political career
He served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1862 and 1863.
He served as member of the Cincinnati City Council in 1864 and 1865.
Congress
Sayler was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Lands (Forty-fourth Congress).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress.
Later career and death
He moved to New York City and resumed the practice of his profession.
He died in that city November 17, 1892.
He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Notes
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Sources
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External links
- {{Internet Archive author |sname=Milton Sayler}}
- {{Find a Grave|11401688}}
- {{Cite Appletons'|wstitle=Sayler, Milton|year=1900 |short=x}}
- {{Bioguide}}
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Category:Miami University alumni
Category:Politicians from Cincinnati
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Category:Burials at Spring Grove Cemetery
Category:Democratic Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives
Category:19th-century American lawyers
Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives