Charles W. Milliken

Charles W. Milliken

Charles William Milliken (born August 15, 1827 in Murray , Kentucky , †  October 16, 1915 in Franklin , Kentucky) was an American politician . Between 1873 and 1877 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Milliken came to Simpson County with his parents as early as 1829 . There the family settled near the village of Franklin. Charles attended schools in his new home and then until 1849 the host college in Sumner County in Tennessee . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1850, he began to work in Franklin in this profession. Between 1857 and 1862 he was a prosecutor in Simpson County; from 1867 to 1872 he held this office in the fourth judicial district of Kentucky.

Politically, Milliken was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1872 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded Joseph Horace Lewis on March 4, 1873 . After a re-election in 1874, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1877 . From 1875 he was chairman of the committee for the control of public expenditure.

In 1876 Milliken declined to run again. As a result, he practiced as a lawyer again. From September 28, 1908, he was the state bankruptcy administrator in the Bowling Green area . He held this post in Franklin until his death on October 16, 1915.

Web links

• Charles W. Milliken in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles W. Milliken in the database of Find a Grave (English)