William H. Milliken, Jr.

William H. Milliken ( born August 19, 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, † July 4, 1969 in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1959 and 1965 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1906 came William Milliken by Sharon Hill, where he attended the public schools. He then attended the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia. In the following years he was a foreman in construction and then sales manager of the cement company Whitehall Cement Manufacturing Co. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. He was a deputy in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and then usher in Delaware County. Between 1948 and 1959 he was mayor in Sharon Hill.

In the congressional elections of 1958, Milliken was in the seventh election district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Benjamin F. James on January 3, 1959. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1965 three legislative periods. This period was marked by the events of the Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement. In addition, at that time began the war in Vietnam.

In 1964, William Milliken gave up another candidacy. He died on July 4, 1969 in Ridley Park.