Samuel Milligan

Judge 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