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Carl Milliken
Carl Elias Milliken (July 13, 1877 – May 1, 1961) was an American politician, and business executive. He served as the 51st governor of Maine from 1917-1921, coinciding with United States direct involvement in World War I. He was later the chief spokesman for the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).
A native of Pittsfield, Maine, Milliken was the son of Charles Arthur Milliken and Phoebe Ellen Knowlton. Milliken graduated from Bates College in 1897. He went on to receive his master's degree from Harvard University in 1899, before moving to Island Falls, Maine, to enter the lumber business.
During the next six years, Milliken held positions as general manager of two lumber companies and an axe manufacturer and as president of a local telephone company.
His political career began in 1905, when he was elected to the Maine House of Representatives. Milliken moved up to the Maine State Senate in 1909, and was president of that body from 1913 to 1915.
Running for Governor of Maine as a Republican Party candidate in 1916, Milliken easily defeated the Democratic Party incumbent, Oakley C. Curtis. He was reelected in 1918, this time by a smaller margin over Bertrand McIntire. As governor, he strictly enforced state and federal alcohol prohibition laws, which he strongly supported. Milliken lost renomination to Frederic Hale Parkhurst in the 1920 Republican primary.
The United States experienced a wave of xenophobia around World War I and the period afterwards. Along with more stringent controls on immigration, opposition to so-called "Hyphenated Americans" was prevalent. As part of this trend, Milliken signed a law banning the use of non-English languages in Maine schools on April 1, 1919 . Sharing a border with New Brunswick and Quebec, Maine had a large French-speaking population at the time and this ordinance directly target that group. This mirrors a similar ban against the French language in schools passed by the state of Louisiana in the following years.
Chapter 146.
An Act to Amend Section One Hundred and Twenty-two of Chapter Sixteen of the Revised Statutes, Relating to the Duties of the State Superintendent of Public Schools and Providing for the Teaching of Common School Subjects in the English Language.
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Carl Milliken
Carl Elias Milliken (July 13, 1877 – May 1, 1961) was an American politician, and business executive. He served as the 51st governor of Maine from 1917-1921, coinciding with United States direct involvement in World War I. He was later the chief spokesman for the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).
A native of Pittsfield, Maine, Milliken was the son of Charles Arthur Milliken and Phoebe Ellen Knowlton. Milliken graduated from Bates College in 1897. He went on to receive his master's degree from Harvard University in 1899, before moving to Island Falls, Maine, to enter the lumber business.
During the next six years, Milliken held positions as general manager of two lumber companies and an axe manufacturer and as president of a local telephone company.
His political career began in 1905, when he was elected to the Maine House of Representatives. Milliken moved up to the Maine State Senate in 1909, and was president of that body from 1913 to 1915.
Running for Governor of Maine as a Republican Party candidate in 1916, Milliken easily defeated the Democratic Party incumbent, Oakley C. Curtis. He was reelected in 1918, this time by a smaller margin over Bertrand McIntire. As governor, he strictly enforced state and federal alcohol prohibition laws, which he strongly supported. Milliken lost renomination to Frederic Hale Parkhurst in the 1920 Republican primary.
The United States experienced a wave of xenophobia around World War I and the period afterwards. Along with more stringent controls on immigration, opposition to so-called "Hyphenated Americans" was prevalent. As part of this trend, Milliken signed a law banning the use of non-English languages in Maine schools on April 1, 1919 . Sharing a border with New Brunswick and Quebec, Maine had a large French-speaking population at the time and this ordinance directly target that group. This mirrors a similar ban against the French language in schools passed by the state of Louisiana in the following years.
Chapter 146.
An Act to Amend Section One Hundred and Twenty-two of Chapter Sixteen of the Revised Statutes, Relating to the Duties of the State Superintendent of Public Schools and Providing for the Teaching of Common School Subjects in the English Language.