Earl Millikin

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William Earl Millikin

Mayor of Seattle, Washington
from 1941 to 1942.

Millikin was born on September 30, 1890, in Oswego, Kansas.[2][3] He attended several schools including Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas; the University of Oregon; the University of Washington; and the University of California.[4]

Before the 1919–1920 school year, Millikin resigned his teaching position at Lincoln High School in Portland, Oregon.[5][6] He arrived at Queen Anne High School in Seattle in 1919 as a history teacher and athletic coach. He resigned from the high school eleven years later, working for a book publisher and the Department of Labor and Industries.[2]

In 1937, when Millikin was King County, Washington auditor, he issued "hundreds of [marriage] licences [...] without the prospective bride and groom being compelled to appear" according to the Associated Press, who cited "white slavery" as the main opposition to Millikin's practices.[7] He served two full terms as auditor.[2]

Millikin was elected as Mayor of Seattle on March 11, 1941, defeating police chief

Governor of Washington. During a strike of American Federation of Labor affiliated welders in October 1941, Seattle Mayor Millikin demanded the striking workers return to their jobs without negotiations.[8]

Millikin was mayor at the time of the

USS Carmick (DD-493) when he said it would be "heard in Australia and Tokyo" in front of ten thousand shipyard workers and United States Navy men.[11]

Millikin lost to Devin in the 1942 mayoral election.[12] After leaving office, he was called into the United States Army and served with Artillery units in the South Pacific. He retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1945.[13] Millikin would go on to work for the State Department of Veteran Affairs and as a distillery representative before serving on the civil staff of King County Sheriff Tim McCullough until his permanent retirement in 1960.[2]

He died on March 23, 1970, at the age of 79, in Seattle.[14]

References

  1. ^ "1930 United States Federal Census". U.S. Census Bureau. Seattle, Washington. 1930.
  2. ^ a b c d Reddin, John J. (October 1, 1969). "Earl Millikin talked of colorful past". The Seattle Times. p. B3.
  3. ^ "1940 United States Federal Census". U.S. Census Bureau. Seattle, Washington. 1940.
  4. ^ "William Earl Millikin papers" (PDF). lib.washington.edu. University of Washington. Retrieved June 4, 2017.
  5. ^ "Untitled". Morning Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. May 16, 1919. p. 14. Retrieved June 4, 2017.
  6. ^ "Eight Teaches to Quit". Morning Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. August 7, 1919. p. 12. Retrieved June 4, 2017.
  7. ^ "[Illegible] [Fight]? Opens on Mail Weddings". San Bernardino Sun. San Bernardino, California. Associated Press. February 23, 1937. p. 3. Retrieved June 4, 2017.
  8. ^ "Welders Rejected Government Offer". Madera Tribune. Madera, California. October 29, 1941. p. 5. Retrieved June 4, 2017.
  9. ISBN 978-0739113820
    . Earl Millikin.
  10. ^ Kinoshita, Lisa (February 2012). "Seattle Remembers the Japanese Internment". Seattle Magazine. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  11. ^ "New U.S. Destroyer Launched at Seattle". San Bernardino Sun. San Bernardino, California. March 9, 1942. p. 1. Retrieved June 4, 2017.
  12. ^ "Devin to press defense work". The Seattle Times. March 11, 1942. p. 8.
  13. ^ "Millikin to Add Another 'Former'". The Seattle Times. December 27, 1960. p. 4.
  14. ^ "Ex-Seattle Mayor, Earl Millikin, Dies". The Seattle Times. March 24, 1970. p. C18.
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