William H. MILLIKEN, Jr., Congress, PA (1897-1969)

MILLIKEN William H., Jr. , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., August 19, 1897; moved to Sharon Hill, Delaware County, Pa., in 1906; attended Sharon Hill public schools; graduated from Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, Pa.; worked as a construction foreman; sales executive for the Whitehall Cement Manufacturing Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; member of the State house of representatives; clerk of courts of Delaware County, Pa.; appointed burgess of Sharon Hill, Pa., to fill unexpired term September 14, 1948, elected in 1949, reelected in 1953 and 1957 and served until elected to Congress; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-sixth, Eighty-seventh, and Eighty-eighth Congresses (January 3, 1959-January 3, 1965); was not a candidate for renomination in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; died in Ridley Park, Pa., July 4, 1969; interment in Arlington Cemetery, Lansdowne, Pa.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present