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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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McMillan, James
McMillan, James, a Senator from Michigan; born in Hamilton, Ontario, 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 the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railroad and was its president; largely interested in shipbuilding and lake transportation companies; member of the Republican State central committee in 1876, and on the death of Zachariah Chandler was made chairman; again in 1886 and 1890 elected chairman of the committee; 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 of Blaine and Logan 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 in Manchester, Essex County, Mass., August 10, 1902; interment in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Chicago:
U.S. Congress, "McMillan, James," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1547 Original Sources, accessed July 8, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=V6945WEGKXIHG17.
MLA:
U.S. Congress. "McMillan, James." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1547, Original Sources. 8 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=V6945WEGKXIHG17.
Harvard:
U.S. Congress, 'McMillan, James' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1547. Original Sources, retrieved 8 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=V6945WEGKXIHG17.
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