Charles W. Miliken
(August 15, 1827 — October 16, 1915) Milliken was an American politician and lawyer. Charles William Milliken was born in Murray, Kentucky and moved to Simpson County, Kentucky with his parents in 1829. There he attended preparatory school and moved to Tennessee to attend Wirt College. After graduating college in 1849, Milliken studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1850. He served as a prosecuting attorney for Simpson County from 1857 to 1862, and as a Commonwealth attorney before being elected to Congress. Milliken was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1877.
[Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000768]
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Kentucky Delegation - The Civil Rights Act of 1875
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