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Encyclopedia > William Milliken
William Milliken

In office
1969 – 1983
Preceded by George W. Romney
Succeeded by James Blanchard
Born March 26, 1922 (1922-03-26) (age 85)
Traverse City, Michigan
Political party Republican

William Grawn Milliken (born March 26, 1922), is an American politician and served as the moderate Republican governor of Michigan from January 1969 to January 1983. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Michigan Governors Territorial Governors State Governors From statehood until the election of 1966, governors were elected to two-year terms. ... George Wilcken Romney (July 8, 1907 – July 26, 1995) was chairman of the American Motors Corporation from 1954 to 1962 and was elected three times as the Republican Governor of Michigan from 1963 to 1969. ... James Johnston Blanchard (b. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... Traverse City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States of America, along with the Democratic Party. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... In politics and religion, a moderate is an individual who holds an intermediate position between two extreme or radical viewpoints. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... For other uses, see Governor (disambiguation). ... Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area  Ranked 11th  - Total 97,990 sq mi (253,793 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 491 miles (790 km)  - % water 41. ...


Milliken was born in Traverse City, Michigan, the son of James T. Milliken, a mayor of Traverse City and a Michigan State Senator for the 27th District, 1941-50, and the grandson of James W. Milliken, also a State Senator from the 27th District, 1898-1900. [1] William G. Milliken served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II, flying fifty combat missions as a waist-gunner on B-24 bombers and survived two crash landings.[2] Traverse City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Billie S. Farnum Senate Office Building, Downtown Lansing The Michigan Senate is the upper body of the Michigan Legislature. ... The United States Army Air Forces, or USAAF, was a part of the U.S. military during World War II. The direct precursor to the U.S. Air Force, the USAAF formally existed between 1941 and 1947. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American heavy bomber that was produced in greater numbers than any other American combat aircraft during World War II and still holds the record as the most produced allied aircraft. ...


Like his father and grandfather, Milliken was elected as a state senator from the 27th District, serving from 1961 to 1964. He was Lieutenant Governor of Michigan from 1965 to 1969, and became governor after George W. Romney left office to serve in President Richard Nixon's cabinet. Milliken was subsequently elected to full four-year terms in 1970, 1974, and 1978. He was considered to be a moderate Republican governor in the Nelson A. Rockefeller mold. In June 1982 the governor led the formation of the Council of Great Lakes Governors. The Lieutenant Governor of Michigan is the second-ranking executive officer in the U.S. state of Michigan, behind the governor. ... George Wilcken Romney (July 8, 1907 – July 26, 1995) was chairman of the American Motors Corporation from 1954 to 1962 and was elected three times as the Republican Governor of Michigan from 1963 to 1969. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 - January 26, 1979) was a Governor of New York and the 41st Vice President of the United States of America from December 19, 1974 to January 20, 1977. ...


Milliken was governor for 14 years and is the longest-serving governor in state history. With governors now limited to two elected terms in office, it is unlikely that any will serve longer than Milliken. A term limit is a legal restriction that limits the number of terms a person may serve in a particular elected office. ...


In December 1982, Milliken appointed Dorothy Comstock Riley to the Michigan Supreme Court to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Blair Moody. Riley had run for election to the Supreme Court in the 1982 general election and had been defeated. Milliken was leaving office in less than a month and newly-elected Democratic Governor James Blanchard argued he should have made the appointment to replace Moody rather than Milliken. In 1983, the other Supreme Court Justices voted 4-2 to remove Riley from the court. Riley was elected to the Court in 1984. Dorothy Comstock Riley (December 6, 1924–October 23, 2004) was a lawyer and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan, serving on the Michigan Supreme Court and the first woman to serve on the states Court of Appeals. ... The Michigan Supreme Court is the highest court in the State of Michigan, that is the court of last resort. ... Arthur Edson Blair Moody (February 13, 1902–July 20, 1954), known as Blair Moody, was a Democratic U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major United States political parties. ... James Johnston Blanchard (b. ...


In 2004, Milliken broke with party ranks to endorse John Kerry in his bid to unseat George W. Bush as President of the United States. [3] Al Gore (born December 11, 1943) is a Vietnam Veteran and the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... The presidential seal was first used in 1880 by President Rutherford B. Hayes and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ...


References

  1. ^ Index to Politicians: Milliken. The Political Graveyard. Retrieved on 2006-06-07.
  2. ^ Downes,Robert. The Very Best People. Northen Express. Retrieved on 2006-06-07.
  3. ^ Statement by William G. Milliken. Traverse City Record Eagle (2004-10-18). Retrieved on 2006-06-07.
Preceded by
George W. Romney		 Governor of Michigan
1969–1983		 Succeeded by
James Blanchard
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Governors of Michigan
Territorial: Hull • Cass • Porter • Mason • Horner
Mason • Woodbridge • Gordon • Barry • Felch • Greenly • Ransom • Barry • McClelland • Parsons • Bingham • Wisner • Blair • Crapo • Baldwin • Bagley • Croswell • Jerome • Begole • Alger • Luce • Winans • Rich • Pingree • Bliss • Warner • Osborn • Ferris • Sleeper • Groesbeck • Green • Brucker • Comstock • Fitzgerald • Murphy • Fitzgerald • Dickinson • Van Wagoner • Kelly • Sigler • Williams • Swainson • Romney • Milliken • Blanchard • Engler • Granholm

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William Milliken - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (383 words)
William Grawn Milliken (born March 26, 1922), is an American politician and served as the Republican governor of Michigan from January 1969 to December 1982.
Milliken was born in Traverse City, Michigan, the son of James T. Milliken, a mayor of Traverse City and a Michigan State Senator for the 27th District, 1941-50, and the grandson of James W. Milliken, also a State Senator from the 27th District, 1898-1900.
In December 1982, Milliken appointed Dorothy Comstock Riley to the Michigan Supreme Court to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Blair Moody.
The Milliken family (4973 words)
William MILLIKEN (Alexander, Alexander) was born on 2 Oct 1752 in Wilton, Hillsborough Co, NH.
William MILLIKEN (Samuel, Alexander, Alexander) was born on 8 Oct 1805.
William Delville MILLIKEN (Mortimer Delville, (Edward?) Alexander, William, Alexander, Alexander) was born on 1 Mar 1837 in Keene, NH.
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