- Rolla C. McMillen
Rolla Coral Mcmillen (
October 5 ,1880 -May 6 ,1961 ) was a U.S. Representative fromIllinois .Born near
Monticello, Illinois , Mcmillen attended the public schools ofMonticello, Illinois , and theUniversity of Illinois .He graduated from theUniversity of Michigan Law School in 1906.He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice inDecatur, Illinois .He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1940.He served as member of State housing board 1940-1944.Mcmillen was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
William H. Wheat .He was reelected to the Seventy-ninth, Eightieth, and Eighty-first Congresses, and served fromJune 13 ,1944 , toJanuary 3 ,1951 .He was not a candidate for renomination in 1950.He died inEvanston, Illinois ,May 6 ,1961 .He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery,Decatur, Illinois .References
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