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Sen. Millikin was challenged by [[Democrat]] John Carroll in the 1950 elections<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/03/obituaries/john-carroll-of-denver-dies-served-in-house-and-senate.html JOHN CARROLL OF DENVER DIES; SERVED IN HOUSE AND SENATE]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref> and won by 6.5 percentage points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=181613 CO US Senate]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref> | Sen. Millikin was challenged by [[Democrat]] John Carroll in the 1950 elections<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/03/obituaries/john-carroll-of-denver-dies-served-in-house-and-senate.html JOHN CARROLL OF DENVER DIES; SERVED IN HOUSE AND SENATE]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref> and won by 6.5 percentage points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=181613 CO US Senate]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref> | ||
| − | Millikin did not run for re-election in 1956<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1956/07/29/archives/millikin-bows-out.html Millikin Bows Out]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref> and was succeeded by Carroll.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=249557 CO US Senate]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref> He died two years later at the age of 67 | + | Millikin did not run for re-election in 1956<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1956/07/29/archives/millikin-bows-out.html Millikin Bows Out]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref> and was succeeded by Carroll.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=249557 CO US Senate]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref> He died two years later at the age of 67<ref name="EUGENE MILLIKIN, EX-SENATOR, DIES; Colorado Republican From Conservative Wing Served From 1941 to 1956"/> and is interred at Fairmount Cemetery. |
He missed 4% of all roll call votes during his Senate tenure.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/eugene_millikin/407749 Sen. Eugene Millikin]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref> | He missed 4% of all roll call votes during his Senate tenure.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/eugene_millikin/407749 Sen. Eugene Millikin]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 18:36, April 25, 2021
| Eugene Donald Millikin | |
|---|---|
| Former U.S. Senator from Colorado From: December 20, 1941 – January 3, 1957 | |
| Predecessor | Alva B. Adams |
| Successor | John A. Carroll |
| Information | |
| Party | Republican |
Eugene Donald Millikin (February 12, 1891 – July 26, 1958) was a Republican from Colorado who served in the United States Senate during the 1940s and 50s. According to The New York Times, he was part of the conservative wing of his party.[1] Millikin also served as the chair of the Republican Policy Committee[2] from 1947–57.
U.S. Senate
After the death of incumbent senator Alva B. Adams, Millikin was appointed to the seat by Governor Ralph Lawrence Carr. He won a special election in 1942 to serve the remainder of Adams' term, defeating Democrat opponent James A. Marsh by fourteen points.[3] Millikin won re-election two years later for a full Senate term.[4]
Millikin was one of only twenty-two mostly conservative Republicans who voted against the Senate censure of Joseph McCarthy,[5] a Wisconsin Republican who investigated and exposed communist infiltration of the U.S. government.
Sen. Millikin was challenged by Democrat John Carroll in the 1950 elections[6] and won by 6.5 percentage points.[7]
Millikin did not run for re-election in 1956[8] and was succeeded by Carroll.[9] He died two years later at the age of 67[1] and is interred at Fairmount Cemetery.
He missed 4% of all roll call votes during his Senate tenure.[10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 EUGENE MILLIKIN, EX-SENATOR, DIES; Colorado Republican From Conservative Wing Served From 1941 to 1956. The New York Times. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ↑ States in the Senate | Colorado. United States Senate. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ↑ https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=249530 CO US Senate. Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ↑ CO US Senate. Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ↑ S. RES. 301. PASSAGE.. GovTrack.us. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ↑ JOHN CARROLL OF DENVER DIES; SERVED IN HOUSE AND SENATE. The New York Times. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ↑ CO US Senate. Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ↑ Millikin Bows Out. The New York Times. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ↑ CO US Senate. Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ↑ Sen. Eugene Millikin. GovTrack.us. Retrieved April 25, 2021.