Roger Q. Mills

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(March 30, 1832 — September 2, 1911) Mills was a lawyer, colonel, and politician. Roger Quarles Mills was born in Todd County, Kentucky and moved to Texas in 1849. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1852 and practiced law in Texas until 1859 when he was elected to serve as a member of the State House of Representatives. Mills enlisted in the Confederate Army and attained the rank of colonel. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1873 to March 29, 1892, when he resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate. He served in the Senate from 1892 to March 3, 1899. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000777]

Member of Texas Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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