Milan H. Sessions

Milan H. Sessions
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5th Speaker of the Nebraska House of Representatives
In office January 1873 – January 1875
Preceded by	George W. Collins
Succeeded by	Edward S. Towle
Member of the Nebraska House of Representatives
In office January 1883 – January 1885 Serving with Charles O. Whedon, J. W. Worl, M. H. Westcott, H. Wissenburg, & Allen W. Field
Preceded by	Simon C. Ayer
Succeeded by	Allen W. Field, J. B. Wright, William Brandt Jr., H. S. Liesveldt, J. C. Johnston, & S. W. Burnham
Constituency	30th House district
In office January 1879 – January 1881 Serving with S. G. Owen, W. W. Carder, & T. R. Burling
Preceded by	District established
Succeeded by	Charles O. Whedon, N. T. McClun, N. C. Abbott, & Robert B. Graham
Constituency	7th House district
In office January 1873 – January 1875
Preceded by	District established
Succeeded by	Thomas C. Chapman
Constituency	Gage–Johnson–Lancaster–Pawnee–Saunders district
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Waupaca County district
In office January 1869 – January 1870
Preceded by	Jarvis W. Carter
Succeeded by	Albert V. Balch
Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 27th district
In office January 1865 – January 1867
Preceded by	Alexander S. McDill
Succeeded by	Edward L. Browne
Personal details
Born	(1821-12-04)December 4, 1821 Randolph, Vermont, U.S.
Died	April 18, 1898(1898-04-18) (aged 76) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Resting place	Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis
Political party	Republican
Spouses	Caroline Cleveland Chandler ​ ​ (m. 1847; died 1857)​ Caroline Carrie Thorne ​ ​ (m. 1866; died 1868)​ Jane E. Josyslin ​ (m. 1878)​
Children	with Caroline Chandler John Hebard Sessions (b. 1848; died 1936) Caroline Wallace Sessions (b. 1852; died 1938) Mary Willis Sessions (b. 1854) with Caroline Thorne Alice Thorne (Boutelle) (b. 1868; died 1925)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Volunteers (Union Army)
Years of service	1862–1863
Rank	Captain, USV
Unit	21st Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry
Battles/wars	American Civil War

Milan Hibbard Sessions (December 4, 1821 – April 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. 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.

External links

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