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James McMillan (politician)

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in Detroit. He was survived by his wife Mary and their six children: William Charles, Grace Fisher, James Howard, Amy (wife of Sir John Lane Harrington, British ambassador to Ethiopia), Philip Hamilton and Francis Wetmore. Through his son James Howard McMillan, James is the great-great-grandfather of
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for the manufacture of freight cars. This business grew very rapidly, and in ten years it was one of the largest in the United States. Its success led to the formation of the Detroit Car Wheel Co., the Baugh Steam Forge Co., the Detroit Iron Furnace Co., and the Vulcan Furnace Co. He was also a major
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McMillan later built and became president of the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway. He was largely interested in shipbuilding and lake transportation companies. He was one of the largest owners of the Detroit and Cleveland Steam Navigation Co., and the Detroit Transportation Co., and was a
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director of several banks in Detroit. For three years he was president of the Detroit Board of Park Commissioners and for four years a member of the Detroit Board of Estimates. In 1886, he joined with John S. Newberry in contributing $ 100,000 each for the maintenance of a hospital in Detroit.
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in 1889 and was reelected in 1895 and 1901, serving from March 4, 1889, until his death. He was a dominant figure in the party, leading the business interests especially in opposition to
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congresses. He is also remembered for his chairmanship of the Senate Park Improvement Commission of the District of Columbia (better known as the
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The county families of the United Kingdom; Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland
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James McMillan late a senator from Michigan Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1903
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James McMillan: (Late a Senator from Michigan). Memorial Addresses Delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives.
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The National Mall was the centerpiece of the 1901 McMillan Plan. A central open vista traversed the length of the Mall.
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In Memory of Hon. James McMillan, Senator in the Congress of the United States from Michigan.
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Heyda, Marie. "Senator James McMillan and the Flowering of the Spoils System."
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57th Cong., 2d sess., 1902–1903. Washington: Government Printing Office.
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on the Republican ticket in 1884. He was elected as a Republican to the
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Moore, Charles. "James M’Millan, United States Senator from Michigan."
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James McMillan Residence in 1411 East Jefferson Avenue, designed by
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congresses, and of the Committee on the District of Columbia in the
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three non-consecutive times (1879, 1886 and 1890). He was a
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McMillan was the only person to be elected Chairman of the
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He was chairman of the Committee on Manufactures in the
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Drutchas, Geoffrey G. "The Man With a Capital Design."
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United States Senator
Michigan
Thomas W. Palmer
Russell A. Alger
Hamilton
Upper Canada
Manchester, Massachusetts
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
Republican

Republican
U.S. Senator
Michigan
McMillan Commission
Hamilton
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit & Milwaukee Railway
John Stoughton Newberry
Michigan Car Company
Detroit City Railway

Michigan Republican Party
presidential elector
United States Senate
Progressive reformer
Hazen S. Pingree
51st
52nd
54th

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