Representative Millard Fillmore Hicklin View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information

Date of Death: 7/4/1986

Birth Place: Wapello, Iowa

Birth County: Louisa

Party Affiliation: Republican

Assemblies Served:
House: 50 (1943) - 53 (1949)

Home County: Louisa

Family Members Who Served in the Iowa Legislature: Brother: Edwin R. Hicklin; GAs 44, 45; Nephew: Edwin A. Hicklin; GA 62

Millard Fillmore Hicklin

Louisa County

MILLARD F. HICKLIN

Mr. Speaker: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable Millard F. “Mike” Hicklin begs leave to submit the following Memorial:

Millard F. Hicklin was born August 28, 1908 in Wapello, Iowa, the son of Edwin and Millicent Reichley Hicklin. On September 29, 1933 he married Cleora Jackson in Des Moines, Iowa, to which union one son and one daughter were born.

“Mike” attended Wapello public schools, the University of Iowa, and graduated from Drake University Law School in 1933. A Navy veteran of World War II, he practiced law in Wapello for 17 years. After serving 8 years in the Iowa Legislature, he moved to Des Moines to serve as Secretary/Treasurer of the Iowa Railway Committee until his retirement in 1971. He then returned to Wapello and served as zoning administrator for the city of Wapello, Louisa County mental health referee, and an inheritance tax appraiser. He was a member of the Iowa State and Louisa County bar associations; the Pioneer Lawmakers; Davenport Consistory KCCH; Wapello Lodge No. 5, AF and AM; and the American Legion.

A Republican, Mr. Hicklin represented Louisa County during the Fiftieth, Fiftieth Extra, Fifty-first, Fifty-second, Fifty-second Extra and Fifty-third General Assemblies.

Millard F. “Mike” Hicklin died July 4, 1986. He is survived by his wife, Cleora, of Wapello; a son, Thomas, of Littleton, Colorado; a daughter, Mary Margaret Morris, of Des Moines; three grandchildren, and four sisters.

Now Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-second General Assembly of Iowa, That in the passing of the Honorable Millard F. Hicklin, the State has lost an honored citizen and a faithful and useful public servant, and the House by this Resolution would express its appreciation of his service.

Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution be spread upon the Journal of the House, and the Chief Clerk be directed to forward an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.

VIRGIL E. COREY

DONALD R. PLATT

DAN PETERSEN

Committee

House District 22