Charles William Milliken (August 15, 1827 – October 16, 1915) was a

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from

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. Born near

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, Milliken moved with his parents to

Simpson County, Kentucky Simpson County is a county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the total population was 19,594. Its county seat is Franklin. History Simpson County was established in 1819 from Allen, Loga ...

, in 1829 and settled near

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. He pursued preparatory studies, and was graduated from Wirt College,

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, in 1849. He studied law. He was

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in 1850 and commenced practice in

Franklin, Kentucky Franklin is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Simpson County, Kentucky, United States. The county is located on the south central border of the state, and its population was 10,176 at the 2020 census. Kentucky Downs, formerly ...

. 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

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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

, October 16, 1915. He was interred in Greenlawn Cemetery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Milliken, Charles William 1827 births 1915 deaths Kentucky lawyers People from Calloway County, Kentucky Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky People from Simpson County, Kentucky 19th-century American legislators 19th-century American lawyers