McMILLAN, James (1838-1902)
Republican of Michigan 
0th congressional district
Served in Senate 1889-1902
Biography
A Senator from Michigan; born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 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 and became president of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railroad; largely interested in shipbuilding and lake transportation companies; 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 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; chairman, Committee on Manufactures (Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses), Committee on the District of Columbia (Fifty-second, and Fifty-fourth through Fifty-seventh Congresses); died in Manchester, Essex County, Mass., August 10, 1902; interment in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
