John J. Milligan

John J. Milligan

John Jones Milligan (born December 10, 1795 in Bohemia Manor , Cecil County , Maryland , † April 20, 1875 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) was an American politician . Between 1831 and 1839 he represented the state of Delaware in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Milligan grew up in Wilmington (Delaware) and attended the Wilmington Academy there . He then continued his education at St. Mary's College in Baltimore and until 1814 at Princeton College , now Princeton University . After a subsequent law degree and his license to practice law, he began to practice in New Castle County in his new profession in 1818 .

Politically, he was an opponent of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic Party . As such, he joined the opposition and became a member of the newly formed Whig Party . In the congressional election of 1830 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Kensey Johns on March 4, 1831 . After he was confirmed in the following three elections, Milligan could complete a total of four terms in Congress by March 3, 1839 . In 1838 he was defeated by the Democrat Thomas Robinson with only 58 votes behind .

After the end of his time in Congress, Milligan was appointed a judge in a Superior Court in Delaware in September 1839 . He held this office until 1864. In that year he retired, which he spent in Philadelphia. John Milligan died there in 1875. He was buried in Wilmington.

Web links

• John J. Milligan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John J. Milligan in the database of Find a Grave (English)