Thomas S. McMillan
| Thomas S. McMillan | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1925 - September 29, 1939 | |
| Preceded by | W. Turner Logan |
| Succeeded by | Clara Gooding McMillan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 27, 1888 Ulmer, South Carolina |
| Died | September 29, 1939 (aged 50) Charleston, South Carolina |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Clara Gooding McMillan |
| Profession | baseball player, lawyer |
Thomas Sanders McMillan (November 27, 1888 – September 29, 1939) was a lawyer and a United States Representative from South Carolina.
Born in the town of Ulmer in Allendale County, McMillan received his early childhood education at the schools in Ulmer. He graduated from the Orangeburg Collegiate Institute in 1907 and taught school for the next two years in Perry. McMillan then enrolled at the University of South Carolina and graduated in 1912. In 1913, he completed the law course at the university and was admitted to the bar the same year. He moved to Charleston where he began the practice of law on January 1, 1915 with James B. Heyward, as well as pursuing his agricultural interests.
McMillan served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1917 to 1924 and he served as speaker from 1923 to 1924. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at The Citadel from 1916 to 1919; for five years before law school, he had played professional minor league baseball with the South Atlantic League.
While serving in the United States Congress, McMillan maintained a house in Charleston, South Carolina at 171 Moultrie St. Today, the house is a contributing structure to the Hampton Park Terrace National Register Historic District and is used as a faculty house for the Citadel.
He was elected to the United States House of Representatives to represent the 1st congressional district in 1924 for the Sixty-ninth Congress. He was re-elected six more times and while in Congress was a member of the executive committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union from 1937 to 1939. McMillan died in Charleston and was interred in Magnolia Cemetery.
References
Yates Snowden, History of South Carolina (1920).
External links
- Thomas S. McMillan at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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| Preceded by W. Turner Logan |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 1st congressional district 1925-1939 |
Succeeded by Clara Gooding McMillan |
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