Rolla C. McMillen

Summary

Rolla Coral McMillen (October 5, 1880 – May 6, 1961) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Rolla McMillen
1948 photo by Harris & Ewing (Washington, DC)
Member of the United States House of Representatives
In office
January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951
Preceded byMelvin Price
Succeeded byWilliam L. Springer
ConstituencyIllinois's 22nd congressional district
In office
June 13, 1944 – January 3, 1949
Preceded byWilliam H. Wheat
Succeeded byRobert B. Chiperfield
ConstituencyIllinois's 19th congressional district
Personal details
Born
Rolla Coral McMillen

(1880-10-05)October 5, 1880
near Monticello, Illinois
DiedMay 6, 1961(1961-05-06) (aged 80)
Evanston, Illinois
Political partyRepublican
Alma mater
OccupationLawyer

Born near Monticello, Illinois, McMillen attended the public schools of Monticello, Illinois (Monticello High School), and the University of Illinois. He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1906. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Decatur, Illinois with Clark A. McMillen, to whom he was not related, in the firm of McMillen & McMillen. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1940. He served as member of State housing board 1940–1944.

McMillen was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William H. Wheat. He was reelected to the Seventy-ninth, Eightieth, and Eighty-first Congresses, and served from June 13, 1944, to January 3, 1951. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1950. He was the father of a former judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Thomas Roberts McMillen.

He died in Evanston, Illinois, May 6, 1961. He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Decatur, Illinois.

References edit

  • United States Congress. "Rolla C. McMillen (id: M000574)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 19th congressional district

June 13, 1944 - January 3, 1949
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 22nd congressional district

January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1951
Succeeded by