Background
Milliken, Carl Elias was born on July 13, 1877 in Pittsfield, Maine, United States. Son of Charles A. and Ellen (Knowlton) Milliken.
Milliken, Carl Elias was born on July 13, 1877 in Pittsfield, Maine, United States. Son of Charles A. and Ellen (Knowlton) Milliken.
Bachelor of Arts, Bates College, 1897, Doctor of Laws, 1917. Postgraduate Harvard, 1899. Doctor of Laws, Colby College, 1918, U. Maine, 1919.
Katahdin Farmers Telephone Сompany. Member Maine House of Representatives, 1905-1906, 07-08, Senate, 1909-1910, 11-12, 13-14 (president 1913). Governor of Maine, 1917-1919, 19-21.
Collector of customs, District 1, 1924-1927.
Secretary Motion Picture Association American, Incorporated., 1926-1947. Managing trustee Teaching Film Custodians, Incorporated., 1947-1955.
President American Baptist Foreign Mission Society Trustee Bates College.
Member Maine House of Representatives, 1905-1906, 07-08, Senate, 1909-1910, 11-12, 13-14 (president 1913). Clubs: Bates College.
Married Emma V. Chase, July 31, 1901 (deceased). Married second, Caroline West. Chase, September 26, 1931. Children: Nelly K., Vivian C., Gladys East., Beatrice East., George C. (deceased), Carl East., Edith L., Dorothy B.