Milton J. Daniels
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Milton John Daniels (April 18, 1838 - December 1, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from California.
Born in Cobleskill, New York, Daniels attended the public schools. When a boy moved to Bradford County, Pennsylvania, and engaged with his father in the lumber business. He moved to Rochester, Minnesota, in 1856. He was appointed deputy postmaster of Rochester in 1859. He entered Middlebury Academy, Wyoming County, New York, in 1860. Volunteered April 23, 1861, for service in the Civil War. He returned to Minnesota and raised a company in August 1862, and was commissioned second lieutenant of Company F, Ninth Regiment, Minnesota Volunteers. Took command of the Third Minnesota Mounted Infantry in the Indian war of 1862. Joined his company at St. Louis in 1863, and was commissioned captain. In March 1865 was commissioned captain and commissary of subsistence by President Lincoln. He engaged in banking. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1882-1886. He served in the State senate 1886-1890. He served as president of the Minnesota State Board of Asylums for the Insane 1882-1888. He moved to California in 1889 and located in Riverside. He engaged in horticultural pursuits.
Daniels was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1905). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress. He resumed his occupation as horticulturist in Riverside, California, until his death there on December 1, 1914. He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.
