Milan H. Sessions Explained

Milan H. Sessions
Office:5th Speaker of the Nebraska House of Representatives
Term Start:January 1873
Term End:January 1875
Predecessor:George W. Collins
Successor:Edward S. Towle
Office1:Member of the
Constituency1:30th House district
Term Start1:January 1883
Term End1:January 1885
Alongside1:Charles O. Whedon,,,,
Predecessor1:Simon C. Ayer
Successor1:Allen W. Field,,,,,
Constituency2:7th House district
Term Start2:January 1879
Term End2:January 1881
Alongside2:S. G. Owen,,
Predecessor2:District established
Successor2:Charles O. Whedon,,,
Constituency3:Gage - Johnson - Lancaster - Pawnee - Saunders district
Term Start3:January 1873
Term End3:January 1875
Predecessor3:District established
Successor3:Thomas C. Chapman
State4:Wisconsin
State Assembly4:Wisconsin
District4:Waupaca County
Term Start4:January 1869
Term End4:January 1870
Predecessor4:Jarvis W. Carter
Successor4:Albert V. Balch
State Senate5:Wisconsin
District5:27th
Term Start5:January 1865
Term End5:January 1867
Predecessor5:Alexander S. McDill
Successor5:Edward L. Browne
Party:Republican
Birth Date:4 December 1821
Birth Place:Randolph, Vermont, U.S.
Death Place:Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Restingplace:Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis
Allegiance:United States
Serviceyears:1862 - 1863
Rank:Captain, USV
Unit:21st Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry
Battles:American Civil War

Milan Hibbard Sessions (December 4, 1821April 18, 1898) was an American lawyer, Republican politician, and pioneer of Wisconsin and Nebraska. He served in the Wisconsin Senate, Wisconsin State Assembly, and Nebraska House of Representatives, and was speaker of the Nebraska House of Representatives during the 1873 session. Earlier in life, he served as a Union Army officer in the American Civil War.

Biography

Milan Hebard Sessions was born on December 4, 1821, in Randolph, Vermont. In 1847, he married Caroline C. Chandler. They had three children before she died in 1857. Sessions moved to Waupaca, Wisconsin, in 1855. During the American Civil War, he served with the 21st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment of the Union Army with the rank of captain. He married Elizabeth Wilson in 1866. They had one daughter before she died in 1868. Sessions then moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1871. In 1878, he married Jane E. Josyslin.

Career

Sessions was State's Attorney of Washington County, Vermont, from 1853 to 1854. He was District Attorney of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, from 1860 to 1861. Later, Sessions was a member of the Wisconsin Senate and of the Wisconsin State Assembly. In 1871, he was defeated for the Senate by his law partner, Myron Reed.[1] He was a member of the Nebraska House of Representatives in 1873 and 1879, serving as Speaker of the House of Representatives during his second term.

Sessions later moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota. He died in Minneapolis on April 18, 1898, and was buried at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reed, Myron H.. Marathon County Historical Society. 2015-07-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20150705100555/http://www.marathoncountyhistory.com/PeopleDetails.php?PeopleId=878&View=R&ItemName=. 2015-07-05. dead.