Roger Mills (1832-1911)
He was an American politician and an officer in the Confederate States
Army during the American Civil War. Born in Todd County, Kentucky,
he attended the common schools and moved to
Texas
in 1849. There he studied law, passed the bar and began practicing. He
was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1859 until 1860,
when he enlisted in the Confederate States Army. He served throughout
the Civil War and took part as a private in the Battle of Wilson's
Creek, and as a colonel commanded the Tenth Texas Infantry at Arkansas
Post, Chickamauga
(where he commanded a brigade during part of the battle),
Missionary Ridge and the Atlanta Campaign. He was then
elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and
served from 1873 until 1892. In 1891 Mills was a candidate in the
Democratic caucus for Speaker of the U. S.
House of Representatives, but was defeated by Charles F. Crisp
(1845–1896) of Georgia.
He was elected to the United States Senate in 1892 to fill the vacant
seat of John H. Reagan and served until 1899. His signature on a
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