John Millson

For the former mayor of Windsor, Ontario, see John Millson (Canadian politician)
John Singleton Millson (October 1, 1808 – March 1, 1874) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.

Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Millson pursued an academic course. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1829 and commenced practice in Norfolk.

Millson was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1861). He served as chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions (Thirty-second Congress). He resumed the practice of law. He died in Norfolk, Virginia, March 1, 1874. He was interred in Cedar Grove Cemetery.

• 1849; Millson was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 51.67% of the vote, defeating a Whig identified only as Watts.
• 1851; Millson was re-elected with 59.58% of the vote, defeating Whig Leopold C.P. Cowper.
• 1853; Millson was re-elected with 56.68% of the vote, defeating Whig Johnathan R. Chambliss and Independent Democrat William D. Roberts.
• 1855; Millson was re-elected with 53.29% of the vote, defeating American Party Watts.
• 1857; Millson was re-elected unopposed.
• 1859; Millson was re-elected with 61.46% of the vote, defeating Independents identified only as Pretlow, Chandler, and Sykes.