Charles Stephen MILLINGTON, Congress, NY (1855-1913)

MILLINGTON, Charles Stephen, a Representative from New York; born in Norway, Herkimer County, N.Y., March 13, 1855; attended the district schools of Poland, the Fairfield Academy, and Hungerford Collegiate Institute; entered the employ of the Hungerford National Bank, Adams, N.Y.; organized and became cashier of the Bank of Poland; moved to Herkimer, N.Y., in 1894 and continued in the banking business; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1908; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1911); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress; resumed business activities in Herkimer, N.Y.; appointed by President Taft as assistant treasurer of the United States in charge of the subtreasury at New York May 12, 1911, and served until his death in Herkimer, N.Y., October 25, 1913; interment in Pine Grove Cemetery, Poland, Herkimer County, N.Y.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present