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Jon Milligan

American politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ120457644
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Jon Milligan (born May 4, 1956) is an American politician serving as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for the 33rd district and as Majority Whip. Elected in November 2022, he assumed office on January 9, 2023.

Career

Milligan was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives in November 2020 to the 53rd District and assumed office on January 11, 2021 During the 2023 legislative session, he served on the House Judiciary Committee, the House State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee, and the Joint Budget Committee.

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Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1956, 2022, 2023, 2020—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1956-05-04. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Milligan, American and politician.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q120457644. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1956, 2022, 2023 and 2020.

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This entry incorporates text from Jon Milligan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.