John M. Millikin was a Republican

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 politician in the state of Ohio

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 and was Ohio State Treasurer

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 from 1876-1878.

John Millikin was born October 14, 1804 in Greensboro

Greensboro, Pennsylvania

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 Greene County, Pennsylvania

Greene County, Pennsylvania

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. Three years later, his family moved to Hamilton, Ohio

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, his father, Daniel Millikin becoming the first physician in that place. He had private teachers, and spent a year at Washington College

Washington & Jefferson College

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 in Washington County, Pennsylvania

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 from 1824 and 1825. He was admitted to the bar in Ohio September 5, 1827, and went into partnership with William Bebb

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Millikin was an officer in the State militia

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 for several years, and was on Governor Thomas Corwin

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's staff. In 1846 he was a member of the state board of equalization, and spent three terms on the State Board of Agriculture. In 1875 he was elected Ohio State Treasurer, was re-nominated by the Republicans in 1877, but lost in the general election. He died April 8, 1884 at Hamilton.