Seth L. Milliken

Seth Llewellyn Milliken


Member of U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 3rd district
In office March 4, 1883 – April 18, 1897
Preceded by	Stephen Decatur Lindsey
Succeeded by	Edwin C. Burleigh
Member of Maine House of Representatives Camden^[1]
In office 1857–1858
Personal details
Born	December 12, 1831 Montville, Maine
Died	April 18, 1897 (aged 65) Washington, D.C.
Resting place	Grove Cemetery, Belfast, Maine
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Colby College Union College

Seth Llewellyn Milliken (December 12, 1831 – April 18, 1897) was a U.S. Representative from Maine.

Early life

Born in Montville, Maine, Milliken attended the common schools and Waterville College (now Colby College) before graduating from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1856.

Family life

Milliken had two children, a daughter Maud Milliken and a son Seth M. Milliken.^[1]

Career

Milliken served as member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1857 and 1858. Milliken moved to Belfast, Maine. He served as clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court 1859-1871. 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., 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.

References

Notes

1 2 Chase, Henry (1893), Representative Men of Maine: A Collection of Portraits with Biographical Sketches of Residents of the State, Who Have Achieved Success And are Prominent in the Commercial, Industrial, Professional and Political Life, To which is Added the Portraits and Sketches of All the Governors Since the Formation of the State, Portland, Maine: Lakeside Press, p. 14.

Sources

United States Congress. "Seth L. Milliken (id: M000769)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Stephen Decatur Lindsey	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 3rd congressional district March 4, 1883 – April 18, 1897	Succeeded by Edwin C. Burleigh

Chairmen of the United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Public Buildings and Grounds (1837–1947)	Towns Petrikin Boardman Pratt Ficklin Faran Houston Bowdon Stanton Craige Ball Keitt Train Rice Covode Hopkins Beatty Halsey Platt Holman Cook Shallenberger Stockslager Dibble Milliken Bankhead Milliken Mercer Gillet Bartholdt Sheppard Clark Langley Elliott Lanham

Rivers and Harbors (1883–1947)	Willis Blanchard Henderson Blanchard Catchings Hooker Cooper Burton Alexander Sparkman Small Kennedy Dempsey Mansfield

Roads (1913–1947)	Shackleford Dunn Dowell Almon Cartwright Robinson

Flood Control (1916–1947)	Humphreys Rodenberg Schall Reid Wilson Whittington

Transportation and Infrastructure* (1947–)	Dondero Whittington Buckley Dondero Buckley Fallon Blatnik Jones Johnson Howard Anderson Roe Mineta E. Shuster Young Oberstar Mica W. Shuster

Notes	^Alternately named Public Works* and Public Works and Transportation.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 51266882 LCCN: no94027965 US Congress: M000769

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