Isaac Lawrence Milliken Explained

Isaac Milliken
Birth Date:29 August 1813
Birth Place:Saco, Maine
Death Place:Chicago, Illinois, United States
Resting Place:Rosehill Cemetery
Residence:Chicago, Illinois
Office:Mayor of Chicago
Order:16th
Term Start:March 15, 1854[1]
Term End:March 13, 1855[2]
Predecessor:Charles Gray
Successor:Levi Boone
Office1:Chicago Alderman from the 2nd Ward[3]
Term Start1:1850
Term End1:1854
Alongside1:Alexander Loyd (1850–1851)
Hugh Maher (1851–1853)
John Evans (1853–1854)
Predecessor1:George W. Snow/ Henry L. Rucker
Successor1:Levi Boone
Party:Democratic
Signature:Signature of Isaac Lawrence Milliken (1813–1889).png

Isaac Lawrence Milliken (August 29, 1813December 2, 1889) served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois from 1854 to 1855. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Born in Saco, Massachusetts (now in Maine), Milliken moved to Chicago in 1837 and set up a blacksmith shop on Randolph Street.[4] [5] Here, Milliken taught himself law and was twice elected alderman and appointed an assistant county judge.

In the election of 1854, Milliken defeated Amos Gaylord Throop, who ran on the Temperance Party ticket, with nearly 60% of the vote.[6] [7] Although Throop was the temperance candidate, after winning the election, Milliken declared himself in favor of temperance as well.[8] He ran for re-election the following year against Levi Boone, of the American Party and lost with 47% of the vote.[9]

Following his term as mayor, Milliken stayed in public service, becoming a police magistrate.[10]

He died at his home in Chicago on December 2, 1889, and was buried at Rosehill Cemetery.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mayor Isaac Lawrence Milliken Inaugural Address, 1854 . www.chipublib.org . Chicago Public Library . 26 May 2020.
  2. Web site: Mayor Levi Day Boone Inaugural Address, 1855 . www.chipublib.org . Chicago Public Library . 26 May 2020.
  3. Web site: Centennial List of Mayors, City Clerks, City Attorneys, City Treasurers, and Aldermen, elected by the people of the city of Chicago, from the incorporation of the city on March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1937, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the years during which each official held office. . December 24, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180904052355/http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/LIB/AldermansList.htm . September 4, 2018 . dead .
  4. Book: Pierce, Bessie Louise . A History of Chicago, Vol. II: From Town to City 1848-1871 . University of Chicago Press . 1940 . Chicago . 305.
  5. Book: The Chicago City Manual . Bureau of Statistics and Municipal library . 1911 . Chicago . 35.
  6. Web site: Walker . Thomas . Chicago Mayor 1854 . Our Campaigns . 2008-11-04 . 2012-06-06.
  7. Book: Pierce, Bessie Louise . A History of Chicago, Vol. II: From Town to City 1848-1871 . University of Chicago Press . 1940 . Chicago . 202.
  8. Book: Miller, Richard Lawrence . Lincoln and His World: The Path to the Presidency, 1854-1860 . McFarland Press . 2012 . Jefferson, NC . 64 . 978-0786459292.
  9. Web site: Walker . Thomas . Chicago Mayor 1855 . Our Campaigns . 2008-11-04 . 2012-06-06.
  10. Book: Gale, Edwin O. . Reminiscences of Early Chicago and Vicinity . Revell . 1902 . Chicago . 386.
  11. News: An Old Settler Gone . . 6 . 1889-12-03 . 2021-11-15 . Newspapers.com.

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