MILBURN, William Henry

MILBURN, William Henry, a House Chaplain; born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., September 26, 1823; attended Illinois College, Jacksonville, Ill.; clerk; ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1843; joined Protestant Episcopal Church in 1865; preacher; lecturer; joined Methodist Episcopal Church in 1871; elected Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives to the Twenty-ninth Congress (December 22, 1845–December 6, 1846); elected Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives to the Thirty-third Congress (December 7, 1853–December 3, 1855); elected Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives to the Forty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (December 7, 1885–March 4, 1893); elected Chaplain of the United States Senate to the Fifty-third and to four succeeding Congresses until his death on April 10, 1903 (April 6, 1893–April 10, 1903); died April 10, 1903, in Santa Barbara, Calif.; interred in Jacksonville, Ill.

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