Millard F. Singleton
| Millard Filmore Singleton | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 14, 1859 Virginia |
| Died | November 12, 1939 (aged 79) Omaha, Nebraska, United States |
| Occupation | civil servant |
| Political party | Republican |
Millard Filmore Singleton (November 14, 1859 – November 12, 1939) was an early black political leader and civil servant in Omaha Nebraska. He was an officer in the Omaha Colored Republican Club and the Omaha branch of the National Afro-American League. He held posts as Justice of the Peace, storekeeper in the United States Internal Revenue Service, recorder of deeds for the city, and as bailiff of the municipal court.
Singleton was born on November 14, 1859 in Virginia near Washington, D.C.. In 1881 he married Blanche Ellen Braxton and came to Omaha in 1883 with his brother, Walter J. Singleton. He had two daughters, Bessie May and Amelia, and three sons, Millard F. Jr (who was called Guy), Clarence, and John. Clarence and John were prominent dentists in Omaha and John served a term in the state legislature and was an active member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Guy followed Millard as storekeeper and gauger in the revenue service. Guy's daughter, Constance, married Nebraska congressman John Adams, Jr.. Millard Singleton died Sunday, November 12, 1939 in Omaha.
He was closely associated with state legislator M. O. Ricketts, and in 1889 was elected vice president of an Omaha Colored Republican Club led by Ricketts and chairman and A. H. Willis as president and was president in 1896 and 1912.
In 1890, he helped form a Nebraska branch of the Afro-American League in Omaha, where he was an officer and was the Nebraska representative to the Colored Men's convention. He represented Omaha on the national stage again as an alternate at the 1892 Republican National Convention in Minneapolis. In 1895, he was a delegate to the state meeting of the Afro American League, along with George F. Franklin, Millard F. Singleton, James Bryant, and Ricketts
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