| Milton Sutliff | |
| Office: | Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court |
| Term Start: | February 9, 1858 |
| Term End: | February 9, 1863 |
| Preceded: | Ozias Bowen |
| Succeeded: | Rufus P. Ranney |
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| Birth Date: | 16 October 1806 |
| Birth Place: | Trumbull County, Ohio |
| Death Place: | Warren, Ohio |
| Restingplace: | Oakwood Cemetery |
| Alma Mater: | Western Reserve College |
Milton Sutliff (October 6 or 16,[1] 1806 – April 24, 1878) was a Republican politician in the U.S. State of Ohio who was a member of the Ohio Senate for one year and an Ohio Supreme Court Judge from 1858 to 1863.
Milton Sutliff was born in Warren, Ohio;[2] other sources that give his birthplace as Vernon[1] refer to Vernon Township. He was the fifth of seven children born to Samuel Sutliff (1765–1840)[3] and Ruth (Granger) Sutliff (1770–1843),[4] a cousin of Gideon Granger.[5] The town of Sutliff, Iowa was named after his elder brother Allen C. Sutliff (1796–1873).
As a young adult, he traveled through the South, and became an Abolitionist. He returned to Warren in 1830 and graduated from Western Reserve College in 1834.[6] That year he also founded the Anti-Slavery Society of the Western Reserve, after being instrumental in founding the National Anti-Slavery Society in 1833 in Philadelphia. He also was admitted to the bar in 1834.[6] In 1839 he formed a partnership with Henry W. King.[7]
In 1849, as a Freesoiler, Sutliff was elected to represent Trumbull and Geauga counties in the Ohio Senate for the 49th General Assembly.[8]
In 1857, Sutliff was nominated by the Republican Party for Judge of the Ohio Supreme Court, and defeated Democrat Henry C. Whitman in the general election.[9] He was not re-nominated in 1862. In 1872, Sutliff was nominated by the Democrats for United States Representative from Ohio's 19th congressional district, but lost to James A. Garfield.[10]
Sutliff died of apoplexy during a violent storm in Warren.[11] [12] He is buried at Oakwood Cemetery in the family plot. His estate, valued at $500,000,[13] left $10,000 in property to the city of Warren to help establish a library. The Warren Public Library was dedicated February 3, 1906, including its Sutliff lecture room.[7]