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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.<ref name="EUGENE MILLIKIN, EX-SENATOR, DIES; Colorado Republican From Conservative Wing Served From 1941 to 1956"/>
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>