Milton Kraus

Milton Kraus was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a United States [House of Representatives|U.S. representative] from Indiana from 1917 to 1923.

Biography

Born in Kokomo, Indiana to German-Jewish parents, Kraus attended the common and high schools.
He was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1886.
He was Admission to [the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar] in 1887 and commenced practice in Peru, Indiana. He organized a company of volunteers for the Spanish–American War.

Political career

He was a presidential elector in the 1908 [United States presidential election in Indiana|1908 presidential election].
Kraus was elected as a Republican to the 65th [United States Congress|Sixty-fifth], Sixty-sixth, and Sixty-seventh Congresses.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress.

Later career and death

He resumed manufacturing activities.
He died in Wabash, Indiana, November 18, 1942.
He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery, Peru, Indiana.