Eugene Millikin
Eugene Millikin | |
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Arthur H. Vandenberg | |
| Succeeded by | Leverett Saltonstall |
| Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance | |
| In office January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 | |
| Preceded by | Walter F. George |
| Succeeded by | Harry F. Byrd |
| In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | |
| Preceded by | Walter F. George |
| Succeeded by | Walter F. George |
| United States Senator from Colorado | |
| In office December 20, 1941 – January 3, 1957 | |
| Preceded by | Alva B. Adams |
| Succeeded by | John A. Carroll |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eugene Donald Millikin February 12, 1891 Hamilton, Ohio |
| Died | July 26, 1958 (aged 67) Denver, Colorado |
| Political party | Republican |
Eugene Donald Millikin (February 12, 1891 – July 26, 1958) was a
Biography
Born in
Millikin was appointed by Governor Ralph Lawrence Carr on December 20, 1941, and subsequently elected on November 3, 1942, as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in the term ending January 3, 1945, caused by the death of Alva B. Adams. He was reelected in 1944 and 1950, and served in all from December 20, 1941, to January 3, 1957. (He was not a candidate for renomination in 1956).
He served as chairman of the
Millikin identified with the
In a meeting of the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy on July 20, 1949, he opposed - supported by Senator Arthur Vandenberg - a cooperation between the US and the UK in the production of atomic weapons because he believed that the American public opinion assumed that the US monopoly possession of atomic weapons gave the US a real advantage in an uncertain world.[4]
Millikin died in Denver in 1958 and was interred in the Fairmount Mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery in Denver.
References
- ^ July 27, 1958. EUGENE MILLIKIN, EX-SENATOR, DIES; Colorado Republican From Conservative Wing Served From 1941 to 1956. The New York Times. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
- ^ S 1728. PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION OR NATIONAL ORIGIN. MOTION FOR CLOTURE.. GovTrack.us. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
- ^ HR 6826. EXTENSION OF SELECTIVE SERVICE MANPOWER REGISTRA- TION ACT. AMEND. TO ELIMINATE A COMMITTEE AMEND. WHICH WOULD GIVE OPTION TO ENLISTEE TO SERVE IN A UNIT, THE PER- SONNEL OF WHICH ARE OF HIS OWN RACE.. GovTrack.us. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
- ^ Top Secret Record of the meeting in: FRUS 1949, vol. 1, p. 493
- United States Congress. "Eugene Millikin (id: M000771)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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