Education
Princeton University.
United States representative lawyer politician
Princeton University.
Milligan served eight years representing Delaware in the United States. House of Representatives. Milligan died at his retirement home in Philadelphia and is buried in the Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery at Wilmington. Milligan is described in the Diaries of Edmund Canby as follows: "..(he)..is a beautiful speaker, his manner is fine, gestures good, matter well arranged, distinct and clearcertainly one of the most delightful speakers I have ever heard..Milligan would be a splendid speaker with practice..he has many happy hits and some beautiful classical illusions..He is, I am told, a fine classical scholar."
Elections were held the first Tuesday of October and, beginning 1832, the first Tuesday after November 1.
United States. Representatives took office March 4 and have a two-year term.
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He was a member of the Whig Party, who served as United States Representative from Delaware. Elected as an Anti-Jacksonian in 1830, he became a member of the Whig Party when it was organized and served from March 4, 1831 until March 3, 1839.