William H. Milliken, Jr.
U.S. Congressperson
1897 – 1969
Who was William H. Milliken, Jr.?
William H. Milliken, Jr., August 19, 1897, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–July 4, 1969, was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Milliken graduated from Drexel Institute in Philadelphia. After graduating he worked as a construction foreman and a sales executive for the Whitehall Cement Manufacturing Co. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, and clerk of courts of Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
He was appointed burgess of Sharon Hill to fill an unexpired term on September 14, 1948, and was elected in 1949, reelected in 1953 and 1957 and served until he was elected to Congress.
Milliken was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-sixth, Eighty-seventh and Eighty-eighth Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1964.
He is buried at Arlington Cemetery Co in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.
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- Born
- Aug 19, 1897
- Also known as
- William Milliken, Jr.
- Education
- Drexel University
- Lived in
- Philadelphia
- Died
- 1969
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on July 23, 2013
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