| LC control no. | no2008175899 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | McMillan, Samuel James Renwick, 1826-1897 |
| Variant(s) | McMillan, Mr. (Samuel James Renwick), 1826-1897 |
| Birth date | 1826-02-22 |
| Death date | 1897-10-03 |
| Place of birth | Brownsville (Fayette County, Pa.) |
| Place of death | St. Paul (Minn.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Judges |
| Found in | In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1880, 1880: p. 1 (Mr. McMillan, from the Committee on Commerce) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed Nov. 26, 2008 (McMillan, Samuel James Renwick, a Senator from Minn.; b. Feb. 22, 1826; d. Oct. 3, 1897) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed February 29, 2024: (McMillan, Samuel James Renwick, a Senator from Minnesota; born in Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa., February 22, 1826; completed preparatory studies; graduated from Duquesne College, Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1846; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1849 and commenced practice in Pittsburgh, Pa.; moved to St. Paul, Minn., in 1852, then to Stillwater, Minn., in 1854, and engaged in the practice of law in both cities; returned to St. Paul in 1856; judge of the first judicial district 1858-1864; served as second lieutenant of the Stillwater Frontier Guards during the Indian war of 1862; appointed and subsequently elected associate justice of the State supreme court in 1864; reelected in 1871 and served until his resignation in 1874; appointed in 1874 and subsequently elected chief justice of the State supreme court and served until 1875, when he resigned; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1875; reelected in 1881 and served from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1887; was not a candidate for renomination in 1886; chairman, Committee on Claims (Forty-fifth Congress), Committee on Commerce (Forty-seventh through Forty-ninth Congresses), Committee on Revision of the Laws of the United States (Forty-seventh Congress); engaged in the practice of law until his death in St. Paul, Minn., October 3, 1897; interment in Oakland Cemetery.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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