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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MichiganJames McMILLAN
(1838-1902)
Senate Years of Service:
1889-1902Party: RepublicanMcMILLAN, James, a Senator
from Michigan; born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, May 12, 1838;
educated in the public schools of Hamilton; moved to Detroit,
Mich., in 1855, where he entered upon a business career; purchasing
agent of the Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad; an organizer of the
Michigan Car Co. in 1863; built and became president of the Duluth,
South Shore & Atlantic Railroad; largely interested in
shipbuilding and lake transportation companies; for three years was
president of the Detroit Board of Park Commissioners and for four
years a member of the Detroit Board of Estimates; presidential
elector on the Republican ticket in 1884; elected as a Republican
to the United States Senate in 1889; reelected in 1895 and 1901 and
served from March 3, 1889, until his death; chairman, Committee on
Manufactures (Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses), Committee
on the District of Columbia (Fifty-fourth through Fifty-seventh
Congresses); died in Manchester, Essex County, Mass., August 10,
1902; interment in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography; Drutchas, Geoffrey G. “Gray Eminence in a
Gilded Age: The Forgotten Career of Senator James McMillan of
Michigan.” Michigan Historical Review 28 (Fall 2002):
78-113; Heyda, Marie. “Senator James McMillan and the
Flowering of the Spoils System.” Michigan History 54
(Fall 1970): 183-200.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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