Isaac Lawrence Milliken
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Isaac Lawrence Milliken (August 29, 1813Template:Spaced ndashDecember 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="manual">Template:Cite book</ref> Here, Milliken taught himself law and was twice elected alderman and appointed an assistant county judge.<ref name="manual" />
In the election of 1854, Milliken defeated Amos Gaylord Throop, who ran on the Temperance Party ticket, with nearly 60% of the vote.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Although Throop was the temperance candidate, after winning the election, Milliken declared himself in favor of temperance as well.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> He ran for re-election the following year against Levi Boone, of the American Party and lost with 47% of the vote.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Following his term as mayor, Milliken stayed in public service, becoming a police magistrate.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
He died at his home in Chicago on December 2, 1889, and was buried at Rosehill Cemetery.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>