Texas Legislators: Past & Present

John S. Mills

Full Name: John S. Mills
Birth date: July 9, 1837
Death date: November 22, 1881

Terms of Service

House, 13th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/14/1873 - 1/13/1874
Republican
Senate, 12th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
2/8/1870 - 1/14/1873

(1) Republican. Directory of the Members of the Thirteenth Legislature of the State of Texas 1873.
(2) 12th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Drawing for Terms of Office, 5/2/1870, pp. 51-52. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(3) Party affiliation, Radical. Roster of members, 12th Legislature, 1870. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. J.S. Mills, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.S. Mills, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs

Other Resources

Death notice, "Navasota," The Dallas Daily Herald, 11/23/1881, p.1. "Colonel John S. Mills was found dead . . . He has represented this Senatorial district in the State Senate, and was afterward a member of the Legislature from Grimes county." Dallas Daily Herald .
J.S. Mills, Navasota, Grimes County, born in VA, farmer, age 32 [born ca. 1841]. Directory of the Members of the Thirteenth Legislature of the State of Texas 1873.
Listed in "Men who have represented Grimes County in the House of Representatives/State Senate, 1846-1931," pp. 205-209. Includes Date, Legislatures, District, and Source of Data. Early History of Grimes County 1930.
John S. Mills, residence in state 3 years, native of the United States, voter registration 11/19/1869 in Grimes County. FamilySearch .
John S. Mills, birth date 7/9/1837, death date 11/22/1881, burial in Oakland Cemetery, Navasota, Grimes County. Portion of grave marker reads "Honorable John S. Mills." Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, John S. Mills, born 1840, farmer in Navasota 1870, p. 106. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.