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.