Milan H. Sessions

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.

Milan H. Sessions
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Speaker of the Nebraska House of Representatives
In office
January 1873 – January 1875
Preceded byGeorge W. Collins
Succeeded byEdward S. Tolle
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 bySimon C. Ayer
Succeeded byAllen W. Field, J. B. Wright, William Brandt Jr., H. S. Liesveldt, J. C. Johnston, & S. W. Burnham
Constituency30th House district
In office
January 1879 – January 1881
Serving with S. G. Owen, W. W. Carder, & T. R. Burling
Preceded byDistrict established
Succeeded byCharles O. Whedon, N. T. McClun, N. C. Abbott, & Robert B. Graham
Constituency7th House district
In office
January 1873 – January 1875
Preceded byDistrict established
Succeeded byThomas C. Chapman
ConstituencyGage–Johnson–Lancaster–Pawnee–Saunders district
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Waupaca County district
In office
January 1869 – January 1870
Preceded byJarvis W. Carter
Succeeded byAlbert V. Balch
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 27th district
In office
January 1865 – January 1867
Preceded byAlexander S. McDill
Succeeded byEdward L. Browne
Personal details
Born(1821-12-04)December 4, 1821
Randolph, Vermont, U.S.
DiedApril 18, 1898(1898-04-18) (aged 76)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Resting placeLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
  • Caroline Cleveland Chandler
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    (m. 1847; died 1857)​
  • Caroline Carrie Thorne
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    (m. 1866; died 1868)​
  • Jane E. Josyslin
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    (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
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnited States Volunteers (Union Army)
Years of service1862–1863
RankCaptain, USV
Unit21st Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry
Battles/warsAmerican 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.

References
  1. "Reed, Myron H." Marathon County Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2015-07-05. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
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