George F. Milligan (February 23, 1934 – March 17, 1990) was an American Republican politician in the state of

Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...

. He served in the

Iowa State Senate The Iowa Senate is the upper house of the Iowa General Assembly, United States. There are 50 seats in the Iowa Senate, representing 50 single-member districts across the state of Iowa with populations of approximately 60,927 per constituency, . ...

from 1971 to 1975, and House of Representatives from 1969 to 1971.

Education and career

Milligan was born in

Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines () is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small part of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, ...

. A banker, he attended the

Washington and Lee University , mottoeng = "Not Unmindful of the Future" , established = , type = Private liberal arts university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.092 billion (2021) , president = William C. Dudley , provost = Lena Hill , city = Lexingto ...

. In 1974, Milligan ran in the Republican primary against David Stanley for Iowa's Senate seat that was open after

Harold Hughes Harold Everett Hughes (February 10, 1922 – October 23, 1996) was the 36th Governor of Iowa from 1963 until 1969, and a United States senator from Iowa from 1969 until 1975. He began his political career as a Republican but changed his affil ...

announced his intention to leave after his term was over.

Death

He died in Naples, Florida in 1990 due to a heart ailment.

References

1934 births 1990 deaths Politicians from Des Moines, Iowa Washington and Lee University alumni Businesspeople from Iowa Republican Party Iowa state senators Republican Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives 20th-century American politicians {{Iowa-politician-stub