Milliken served as member of the
Maine House of Representatives in 1857 and 1858. Milliken moved to
Belfast, Maine. He served as clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court from 1859 to 1871. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1871, but did not practice. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1876 and 1884. Milliken was elected as a
Republican to the Forty-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1883, until his death in
Washington, D.C., April 18, 1897. He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (
Fifty-first and
Fifty-fourth Congresses). He was interred in Grove Cemetery,
Belfast, Maine. ==See also==