Charles W. Milliken

Charles W. Milliken
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 3rd district
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877
Preceded by	Joseph Horace Lewis
Succeeded by	John W. Caldwell
Personal details
Born	August 15, 1827 Calloway County, Kentucky
Died	October 16, 1915 (aged 88) Franklin, Kentucky
Resting place	Greenlawn Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Wirt College
Profession	Lawyer

Charles William Milliken (August 15, 1827 – October 16, 1915) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

Born near Murray, Kentucky, Milliken moved with his parents to Simpson County, Kentucky, in 1829 and settled near Franklin. He pursued preparatory studies, and was graduated from Wirt College, Sumner County, Tennessee, in 1849. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1850 and commenced practice in Franklin, Kentucky. He served as prosecuting attorney of Simpson County 1857-1862. Commonwealth attorney of the fourth judicial district of Kentucky from 1867 until his resignation on February 24, 1872.

Milliken was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1877). He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Expenditures (Forty-fourth Congress). He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress. He resumed the practice of law. Referee in bankruptcy for the Bowling Green (Kentucky) district and served from September 28, 1907, until his death in Franklin, Kentucky, October 16, 1915. He was interred in Greenlawn Cemetery.

References

• Charles W. Milliken at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Johnson, E. Polk (1912). A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 1106. Retrieved 2008-11-10.

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