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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriJacob Le Roy MILLIGAN
(1889-1951)
MILLIGAN, Jacob Le Roy, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Richmond, Ray County, Mo.,
March 9, 1889; attended the public schools and the law department
of the University of Missouri at Columbia 1910-1914; was admitted
to the bar in 1913 and commenced practice in Richmond, Mo., in
1914; during the First World War enlisted in the Sixth Regiment,
Missouri Infantry, on April 8, 1917; served as captain of Company
G, One Hundred and Fortieth Infantry Regiment, Thirty-fifth
Division, from August 4, 1917, to May 15, 1919; received the Purple
Heart and Silver Star; returned April 28, 1919; elected as a
Democrat to the Sixty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Joshua W. Alexander and served from February 14,
1920, to March 3, 1921; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress; delegate to the Democratic
National Convention in 1928; elected to the Sixty-eighth and to the
five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923-January 3, 1935); was not
a candidate for renomination in 1934, but was an unsuccessful
candidate for nomination for United States Senator; resumed the
practice of law; president of Kansas City Police Board 1949-1950;
died in Kansas City, Mo., March 9, 1951; interment in Fairview
Cemetery, Liberty, Clay County, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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