# Milton Stapp

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**Milton Stapp** (July 14, 1792 – August 2, 1869) was an American politician who served as the fifth [lieutenant governor of Indiana](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Indiana) from 1828 to 1831.[1]

Stapp was born in [Kentucky](/source/Kentucky). Settling in [Madison](/source/Madison,_Indiana), [Indiana](/source/Indiana), Stapp worked as a shopkeeper. He served in the [War of 1812](/source/War_of_1812) and attained the rank of [general](/source/General_(United_States)). He was later elected to the [Indiana Senate](/source/Indiana_Senate) and served as [president pro tempore](/source/President_pro_tempore) of the state senate in 1825. From 1828 to 1831, he served as Lieutenant Governor under [James B. Ray](/source/James_B._Ray). He later became a member of the [Whig Party](/source/Whig_Party_(United_States)). He succeeded Moody Park to become the second mayor of Madison, serving from 1850 to 1853. As Mayor, he was known to arrest citizens on the streets unaided. In 1853, he bought a Madison newspaper, the *Banner*. He also served as the state [canal](/source/Canal) commissioner and the state late fund commissioner.[2][3][4][5]

## References

1. ["Lt. Governor: Previous Lt. Governors"](https://web.archive.org/web/20201017163942/https://www.in.gov/lg/2334.htm). In.gov. Archived from [the original](http://www.in.gov/lg/2334.htm) on 2020-10-17. Retrieved 2016-12-11.

1. Woollen, William Wesley (December 1966). ["Biographical and Historical Sketches of Early Indiana"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/27789353). *Indiana Magazine of History*. **62** (4): 277–304. [JSTOR 27789353](https://www.jstor.org/stable/27789353)

1. Hendricks, W. P. (1889). [*Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington*](http://ingenweb.org/injefferson/jeffmadhistory.html)

1. Indiana (1919). [*Year Book of the State of Indiana*](https://books.google.com/books?id=t4M-AAAAYAAJ&q=%22Milton+Stapp%22+%22Governor%22+%22Indiana%22)

1. [*Report of Milton Stapp, Esq., Late Fund Commissioner of Indiana, to the General Assembly December*](https://books.google.com/books?id=vFsqAQAAMAAJ). Dowling and Cole. 1841.

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