Milton J. Durham, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Milton J. Durham

American politician

Date of Birth: 16-May-1824

Place of Birth: Perryville, Kentucky, United States

Date of Death: 12-Feb-1911

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Milton Jameson Durham (May 16, 1824 – February 12, 1911) was a U.S.
Representative from Kentucky and served as First Comptroller of the Treasury in the administration of President Grover Cleveland.
An alumnus of DePauw University and the University of Louisville School of Law, Durham held no political office prior to his appointment as a circuit court judge by Governor Beriah Magoffin in 1861.
He was elected to represent Kentucky's Eighth District in Congress in 1872.
He served three terms and was a member of several finance-related committees.
He was narrowly defeated for renomination in 1878 by Philip B.
Thompson, Jr.
at the district's Democratic nominating convention. After unsuccessfully trying to regain the Eighth District seat from Thompson in 1884, Durham was appointed First Comptroller of the Treasury in 1885, serving throughout President Cleveland's term.
In 1890, after battling a severe case of influenza, Durham abandoned his law practice, moving to Lexington, Kentucky and helping organize the Bank of Lexington.
He was an officer of the bank for several years.
He ardently held to a sound money position during the height of the Free Silver movement.
He was appointed deputy clerk of the Internal Revenue Service at Lexington in 1901, a position he held until his death on February 12, 1911.