John Milton | |
Jr/Sr: | United States Senator |
State: | New Jersey |
Term Start: | January 18, 1938 |
Term End: | November 8, 1938 |
Appointer: | A. Harry Moore |
Predecessor: | A. Harry Moore |
Successor: | William W. Barbour |
Birth Date: | 21 January 1881 |
Birth Place: | Jersey City, New Jersey |
Death Place: | Jersey City, New Jersey |
Party: | Democratic |
John Gerald Milton (January 21, 1881 - April 14, 1977) was a Democratic United States Senator from New Jersey.
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey he attended the public schools. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1903 and commenced practice in Jersey City, N.J. He was appointed on January 18, 1938, as a Democrat to the United States Senate, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of A. Harry Moore and served from January 18, 1938, to November 8, 1938, when a successor was elected. He was not a candidate to fill the vacancy. He then resumed the practice of law. He resided in Jersey City, New Jersey where he died and was interred in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, New Jersey.