Jacob L. Milligan
Jacob L. Milligan | |
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U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri | |
In office February 14, 1920 – March 3, 1921 | |
Preceded by | Joshua W. Alexander |
Succeeded by | Henry F. Lawrence |
Constituency | 3rd district |
In office March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935 | |
Preceded by | Henry F. Lawrence |
Succeeded by | None (district dissolved) |
Constituency | 3rd district (1923–1933) At-large (1933–1935) |
Personal details | |
Born | Richmond, Missouri, U.S. | March 9, 1889
Died | March 9, 1951 Kansas City, Missouri | (aged 62)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Celeste Fortenberry |
Education | University of Missouri |
Website | House website |
Jacob Le Roy Milligan (March 9, 1889 – March 9, 1951) was a United States Representative from Missouri.
Biography
Born in Richmond, Missouri, Milligan attended the public schools and the law department of the University of Missouri 1910-1914.
He was admitted to the bar in 1913 and commenced practice in Richmond, in 1914. During
Milligan was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joshua W. Alexander and served from February 14, 1920, to March 3, 1921. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress. He later served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1928.
Milligan was elected to the Sixty-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1934 but was an
Jacob Milligan resumed the practice of law and served as president of Kansas City Police Board from 1949 to 1950.
He died in Kansas City, Missouri on his sixty-second birthday, March 9, 1951, and was interred in Fairview Cemetery, Liberty, Missouri.
References
- United States Congress. "Jacob L. Milligan (id: M000766)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.