Eugene Millikin
| Eugene Millikin | |
|---|---|
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| Republican Senate Conference Chairmen | |
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In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1957 | |
| Leader |
Wallace H. White, Jr. Kenneth S. Wherry Styles Bridges Robert A. Taft William F. Knowland |
| Vice Chair | Milton Young |
| Preceded by | Arthur H. Vandenberg |
| Succeeded by | Leverett Saltonstall |
| Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance | |
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In office January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 | |
| Preceded by | Walter F. George |
| Succeeded by | Harry F. Byrd |
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In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | |
| Preceded by | Walter F. George |
| Succeeded by | Walter F. George |
| United States Senator from Colorado | |
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In office December 20, 1941 – January 3, 1957 | |
| Preceded by | Alva B. Adams |
| Succeeded by | John A. Carroll |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 12, 1891 Hamilton, Ohio |
| Died |
July 26, 1958 (aged 67) Denver, Colorado |
| Political party | Republican |
Eugene Donald Millikin (February 12, 1891 – July 26, 1958) was a United States Senator from Colorado who served as Senate Republican Conference Chairperson from 1947 to 1956.
Biography
Born in Hamilton, Ohio, Millikin graduated from the law school of the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1913. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Salt Lake City, Utah. He entered politics and served as executive secretary to the Governor from 1915 to 1917. During World War I he enlisted as a private in the Colorado National Guard in 1917, saw action in France and was mustered out as a lieutenant colonel. Millikin resumed the practice of law in Denver, Colorado, and became president of Kinney-Coastal Oil.
Millikin was appointed on December 20, 1941, and subsequently elected on November 3, 1942, as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in the term ending January 3, 1945, caused by the death of Alva B. Adams. He was reelected in 1944 and 1950, and served in all from December 20, 1941 to January 3, 1957. (He was not a candidate for renomination in 1956).
He served as chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, the Senate Republican Conference, the U.S. Senate Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation. Millikin died in Denver in 1958 and was interred in the Fairmount Mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery in Denver.
References
- United States Congress. "Eugene Millikin (id: M000771)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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| United States Senate | ||
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| Preceded by Alva B. Adams |
U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Colorado 1941–1957 Served alongside: Edwin C. Johnson, Gordon L. Allott |
Succeeded by John A. Carroll |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Walter F. George |
Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee 1947–1949 |
Succeeded by Walter F. George |
| Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee 1953–1955 |
Succeeded by Harry F. Byrd | |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Arthur H. Vandenberg |
Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference 1947–1956 |
Succeeded by Leverett Saltonstall |
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| Class 3 | ||