Milton Sayler | |
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: | 4 November 1831 |
Birth Place: | Lewisburg, Ohio |
Death Place: | New York City |
Restingplace: | Spring Grove Cemetery |
Alma Mater: | Miami University Cincinnati Law School |
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.