John Mills | |
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Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
In office 1851–1851 | |
14th President of the Massachusetts Senate | |
In office 1826–1828 | |
Preceded by | Nathaniel Silsbee |
Succeeded by | Sherman Leland |
Member of the Massachusetts Senate | |
In office 1823–1827 | |
Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts | |
In office 1843–1844 | |
Governor | Marcus Morton |
Preceded by | Thomas Russell |
Succeeded by | Thomas Russell |
Personal details | |
Born | December 29, 1787 Sandisfield, Massachusetts |
Died | September 8, 1861 Springfield, Massachusetts |
Profession | Lawyer |
John Mills (December 29, 1787 – September 8, 1862) was a Massachusetts lawyer, and politician who served as Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts, as the President of the Massachusetts Senate, and as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts.
Early life
Mills, the son of Drake Mills, was born in Sandisfield, Massachusetts on December 29, 1787.
Political offices | ||
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Preceded byNathaniel Silsbee | 14th President of the Massachusetts Senate 1826 – 1828 |
Succeeded bySherman Leland |
Preceded byThomas Russell | 18th Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts 1843–1844 |
Succeeded byThomas Russell |
Legal offices | ||
Preceded byAndrew Dunlop | 6th U.S. Attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts 1835-1841 |
Succeeded byFranklin Dexter |
Notes
- ^ City of Springfield (1893), Sketches of the Old Inhabitants and Other Citizens of Old Springfield of the Present Century: And Its Historic Mansions of "ye Olden Tyme", Springfield, Massachusetts: Charles Wells Chapin; printed at the Press of Springfield Print. and Binding Company, p. 272
- 1787 births
- 1861 deaths
- Massachusetts state senators
- Massachusetts lawyers
- People from Sandisfield, Massachusetts
- Presidents of the Massachusetts Senate
- Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- State treasurers of Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Free Soilers
- United States Attorneys for the District of Massachusetts
- 19th-century American lawyers
- Politicians from Springfield, Massachusetts
- 19th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court