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Seth Llewellyn Milliken (December 12, 1831 – April 18, 1897) was a
Milliken had two children, a daughter Maud Milliken and a son Seth M. Milliken.
Maud Milliken was a native of Augusta, Maine. She descended on her father's side from Sir James Milliken, of Scotland, who was knighted by King James for his military achievements, and on her maternal grandfather's side from one of the Counts of Perigneux, of France, whose burial place, with its elaborate tomb and monument, are at Pere Lachaise. Maud Milliken, after receiving a rudimentary education at her Maine home, attended the Allen School, near Boston, and studied music, both in Boston and New York. She possesses a clear, sweet, soprano voice, and leads the church choir at home. Maud Milliken accompanied her father to Washington for a number of winters.
U.S. Representative
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from Maine
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.
Early life
Born inMontville, Maine
Montville is a town in Waldo County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,020 at the 2020 census.
History
The area that is now the town of Montville was originally inhabited by the Wawenoec Indians.
Between 1629 and 1631 The Council of ...
, the son of William Milliken and Lucy P. Perrigo. Milliken attended the common schools and Waterville College (now Colby College
Colby College is a private liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine, United States. Founded in 1813 as the Maine Literary and Theological Institution, it was renamed Waterville College in 1821. The donations of Christian philanthropist Gardner ...
) before graduating from Union College
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, Schenectady, New York
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, in 1856.
Family life
Milliken had two children, a daughter Maud Milliken and a son Seth M. Milliken.
Maud Milliken was a native of Augusta, Maine. She descended on her father's side from Sir James Milliken, of Scotland, who was knighted by King James for his military achievements, and on her maternal grandfather's side from one of the Counts of Perigneux, of France, whose burial place, with its elaborate tomb and monument, are at Pere Lachaise. Maud Milliken, after receiving a rudimentary education at her Maine home, attended the Allen School, near Boston, and studied music, both in Boston and New York. She possesses a clear, sweet, soprano voice, and leads the church choir at home. Maud Milliken accompanied her father to Washington for a number of winters.
Career
Milliken served as member of theMaine House of Representatives
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in 1857 and 1858.
Milliken moved to Belfast, Maine
Belfast is a city in Waldo County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city population was 6,938. Located at the mouth of the Passagassawakeag River estuary on Belfast Bay (Maine), Belfast Bay and Penobsc ...
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He served as clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court from 1859 to 1871.
He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1871, but did not practice.
He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1876 and 1884.
Milliken was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1883, until his death in Washington, D.C.
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, April 18, 1897.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds ( Fifty-first and Fifty-fourth Congresses).
He was interred in Grove Cemetery, Belfast, Maine
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.
See also
*List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)
The following is a list of United States United States Senate, senators and United States House of Representatives, representatives who died of natural or accidental causes, or who killed themselves, while serving their terms between 1790 and 18 ...
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