Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Seth Phineas Mills

Full Name: Seth Phineas Mills
Birth date: August 19, 1841
Death date: February 11, 1916

Terms of Service

Senate, 28th ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾ Legislature
1/13/1903 - 1/10/1905
Democrat
House, 24th Legislature
1/8/1895 - 1/12/1897
Democrat
House, 23rd Legislature
1/10/1893 - 1/8/1895
Democrat
House, 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹²⁾ Legislature
1/8/1889 - 1/13/1891
Democrat
House, 20th ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ Legislature
1/11/1887 - 1/8/1889
Democrat
House, 16th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/14/1879 - 1/11/1881
Democrat

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(3) SPEEGLEVILLE, TEXAS. Handbook of Texas Online .
(4) Spegleville. House Journal .
(5) Democrat, p. 156. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
(6) "Sound and consistent Democrat," p. 269. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
(7) Democrat. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
(8) Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(9) Seth P. Mills, Waco. Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(10) 28th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/28/1903, pp. 107-108. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(11) 28th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1903, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(12) 28th Legislature (1903) - shows "served in former sessions: 16th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th House." Seth P. Mills not listed in the House journal for the 22nd, however; he is listed in the 21st, see note (2). Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. S.P. Mills, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. S.P. Mills, State Preservation Board
Photograph. S.T. Mills, State Preservation Board
Photograph. S.P. Mills, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Seth P. Mills, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Obituary and photo, Seth Phineas Mills, Volume 24, Number 1, January 1916, p. 322. Birth date 8/19/1841, death date 2/11/1916, marriage to Fannie Standifer in October 1871. "He was a representative in four sessions of the Texas Legislature and in the Senate in 1902." Confederate Veteran .
Confederate States Army, Sergeant, Company F, Smith's Regiment of Missouri Cavalry. Confederate Veteran .
Seth P. Mills, birth date 8/19/1841 in Missouri; death date 2/11/1916 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas; retired farmer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Seth P. Mills, birth date 8/19/1841, death date 2/11/1916, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, McLennan County. No grave marker photo. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, Seth P. Mills, pp. 155-156. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
Biographical sketch, Seth P. Mills, pp. 269-271. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
Biographical sketch, Seth P. Mills, p. 267. Birth date 8/19/1851 in Dade County, Missouri. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
"Seth P. Mills, Pioneer, Confederate Soldier," by Terri Jo Ryan, 7/10/2006, Waco History Project. Birth date 8/19/1841, death date 2/11/1916. Waco Tribune-Herald .