Jacob L. Milligan

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Jacob Le Roy Milligan (March 9, 1889 - March 9, 1951) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Born in Richmond, Missouri, Milligan attended the public schools and the law department of the University of Missouri 1910-1914. He was admitted to the bar in 1913 and commenced practice in Richmond, Missouri, in 1914. During the First World War enlisted in the Sixth Regiment, Missouri Infantry, on April 8, 1917. He served as captain of Company G, One Hundred and Fortieth Infantry Regiment, Thirty-fifth Division, from August 4, 1917, to May 15, 1919. He received the Purple Heart and Silver Star. He returned April 28, 1919.

Milligan was 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. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1928.

Milligan was elected to the Sixty-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923-January 3, 1935). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1934, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for United States Senator. He resumed the practice of law. He served as president of Kansas City Police Board 1949-1950. He died in Kansas City, Missouri, March 9, 1951. He was interred in Fairview Cemetery, Liberty, Missouri.

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• Jacob L. Milligan at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by Joshua W. Alexander	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 3rd congressional district 1920-1921	Succeeded by Henry F. Lawrence
Preceded by Henry F. Lawrence	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 3rd congressional district 1923-1933	Succeeded by None (District dissolved)