Roy Milum

{{Short description|Arkansas politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{infobox officeholder

|name=Roy Milum

|office=President of the Arkansas Senate

|term=1939

|predecessor=F. S. Armstrong

|successor=W. B. Smith

|office2=Member of the Arkansas Senate

|term_start2=1953

|term_end2=1962

|term_start3=1923

|term_end3=1945

|birth_name=Roy Wamon Milum

|birth_date={{birth date|1883|1|16}}

|death_date={{death date and age|1963|5|19|1883|1|16}}

|nationality=American

|party=Democratic

|spouse=Audra Connerly

|children=4

|residence=Harrison, Arkansas, U.S.

|alma_mater=University of Arkansas

|profession=Politician, businessman

}}

Roy Wamon Milum Sr. (January 16, 1883 – May 19, 1963) was a businessman and state senator in Arkansas.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=waUnAAAAMAAJ&q=%22roy+wamon+milum|title=The Arkansas Handbook|first=Arkansas History|last=Commission|date=March 20, 1938|publisher=Arkansas History Commission|via=Google Books}} He served in the Arkansas Senate from 1923 to 1945 and again from 1953 until 1962. He was President of the Arkansas Senate in 1939.{{Cite web|url=https://senate.arkansas.gov/senate-history-education/senate-pro-tempores/|title=Arkansas Senate Pro Tempores|website=Arkansas Senate}} He was a Democrat.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TZJEAQAAIAAJ&q=%22roy+milum+senate|title=The Book of the States|date=March 20, 1959|publisher=Council of State Governments.|via=Google Books}} He was referred to as the dean of the Arkansas Senate, and no one had served in it longer at the time of his death.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vm8gAQAAIAAJ&q=%22roy+milum+senate|title=Arkansas Libraries|date=March 20, 1962|publisher=Arkansas Library Association.|via=Google Books}}

He was from Lead Hill and graduated from the University of Arkansas.

He lived in Harrison, Arkansas.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tn3-DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22roy+milum+senate&pg=PA135|title=Faubus: The Life and Times of an American Prodigal|first=Roy|last=Reed|date=January 1, 1997|publisher=University of Arkansas Press|isbn=9781557284679 |via=Google Books}} He married Audra Connerly and had four children.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o51RAQAAMAAJ&q=%22roy+wamon+milum|title=The Arkansas Hand-book|date=March 20, 1936|publisher=Christian Associations of the University of Arkansas|via=Google Books}}