John J. Milligan

John Jones Milligan ( born December 10, 1795 in Bohemia Manor, Cecil County, Maryland, † April 20, 1875 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1831 and 1839 he represented the State of Delaware in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Milligan grew up in Wilmington ( Delaware) and attended the Wilmington Academy. He then continued his education at St. Mary 's College in Baltimore and to 1814 at Princeton College, now Princeton University, continued. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to practice in his new profession since 1818 in New Castle County.

Politically, he was an opponent of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic Party. As such, he joined the opposition and became a member of the newly formed Whig Party. In the congressional elections of 1830 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Kensey Johns on March 4, 1831. After he was confirmed in each case in the next three elections, Milligan was able to complete up to March 3, 1839 a total of four legislative sessions in Congress. In 1838 he was defeated by only 58 votes behind the Democrats Thomas Robinson.

After the end of his time in Congress Milligan was appointed in Delaware in September 1839 judge in a district court ( Superior Court ). This office he held until 1864. This year he withdrew into retirement, which he spent in Philadelphia. There is also John Milligan died in 1875. He was buried in Wilmington.