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| Photograph (detail), 1928, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives |
McMILLAN, Thomas Sanders, (husband of Clara Gooding McMillan),
a Representative from South Carolina; born near Ulmers, Allendale
County, S.C., November 27, 1888; attended the common schools near Ulmers;
graduated from Orangeburg (S.C.) Collegiate Institute, 1907; taught school at
Perry, Aiken County, S.C., in 1907-1908; graduated from the University of South
Carolina, Columbia, S.C., 1912; completed the law course at the same university
in 1913; admitted to the bar in 1913; lawyer, private practice, Charleston,
S.C.; professional baseball player; also interested in agricultural pursuits;
member of the State house of representatives, 1917-1924, serving as speaker pro
tempore in 1921 and 1922 and as speaker in 1923 and 1924; was not a candidate
for renomination in 1924; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-ninth and to the
seven succeeding Congresses and served until his death on September 29, 1939
(March 4, 1925-September 29, 1939); member of the executive committee of the
Interparliamentary Union 1937-1939, serving as delegate to the convention held
in Oslo, Norway, in 1939; died in Charleston, S.C., September 29, 1939;
interment in Magnolia Cemetery.
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