Thomas S. McMillan
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| Thomas Sanders McMillan | |
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| In office March 4, 1925 - September 29, 1939 |
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| Preceded by | W. Turner Logan |
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| Succeeded by | Clara Gooding McMillan |
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| Born | November 27, 1888 Ulmer, South Carolina |
| Died | September 29, 1939 Charleston, South Carolina |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Clara Gooding McMillan |
Thomas Sanders McMillan (November 27, 1888 – September 29, 1939) was a lawyer and a United States Representative from South Carolina.
Born in the town of Ulmer in Allendale County, McMillan received his early childhood education at the schools in Ulmer. He graduated from the Orangeburg Collegiate Institute in 1907 and taught school for the next two years in Perry. McMillan then enrolled at the University of South Carolina and graduated in 1912. In 1913, he completed the law course at the university and was admitted to the bar the same year. He moved to Charleston where he began the practice of law as well as pursuing his agricultural interests.
McMillan served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1917 to 1924 and he served as speaker from 1923 to 1924. He successfully won election to the United States House of Representatives to represent the 1st congressional district in 1924 for the Sixty-ninth Congress. He was re-elected six more times and while in Congress was a member of the executive committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union from 1937 to 1939. McMillan died in Charleston and was interned in Magnolia Cemetery.
