Samuel Milligan
Personal
Birthday:
11/16/1814
Birthplace:
Greene County, TN
Date of Death:
4/20/1874
Place of Death:
Washington, DC
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
State representative, Tennessee, 1841-1847
Private practice, Greeneville, Tennessee, 1846-1847; 1848-1860
Editor, Greeneville [Tennessee] Spy, 1849
U.S. Army major, Quartermasters Corps, 1848
Commissioner, State of Tennessee, 1858
Justice, Tennessee Supreme Court, 1860, 1864-1868
Delegate, Peace Conference, Washington, D.C., 1861
Education
Name of School:
Greeneville College
Name of School - Second:
Tusculum College
Degree Year - Second:
1843
Name of School - Third:
Read law with Robert J. McKinney, Greeneville, Tennessee
Degree Year - Third:
1846 Judicial Career
Court Name:
Court of Claims
Court Name:
United States Court of Federal Claims
President Nominating:
Andrew Johnson
Party Affiliation of President:
Republican
Commission Date:
07/25/1868
Termination Date:
04/20/1874
Termination Reason:
Death