Ray County, Missouri Biographies - Jacob Le Roy Milligan (1889 - 1951) 

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Jacob Le Roy Milligan

Jacob Le Roy Milligan, 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: http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/millet-milligan.html#R9M0J6TED

Milligan, Jacob Le Roy (1889-1951) also known as Jacob L. Milligan, of Richmond, Ray County,
Mo. Born in Richmond, Ray County, Mo., March 9, 1889. Son of William M. Milligan and Mary
(Rothrock) Milligan; married, November 24, 1925, to Mary Kate Simmons. Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1920-21,
1923-35 (3rd District 1920-21, 1923-33, at-large 1933-35); defeated, 1920; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928. Member, American Legion; Freemasons.
Died in 1951. Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Liberty, Mo. 



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