John Lanneau McMillan was a United States Representative from South Carolina

South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...

. Born on a farm near Mullins

Mullins, South Carolina

Mullins is a city in Marion County, South Carolina, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 5,029.Incorporated on March 4, 1872, Mullins was named after Col. William S...

, he was educated at Mullins High School, the University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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, as well as the University of South Carolina

University of South Carolina

The University of South Carolina is a public, co-educational research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, with 7 surrounding satellite campuses. Its historic campus covers over in downtown Columbia not far from the South Carolina State House...

 Law School and National Law School in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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 He was selected to represent the United States Congress

United States Congress

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 at the Interparliamentary Union in London

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 in 1960, and in Tokyo

Tokyo

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 in 1961.

McMillan was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth and to the sixteen succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1939 to January 3, 1973; while in Congress he was chairman of the Committee on District of Columbia (Seventy-ninth, Eighty-first, Eighty-second and Eighty-fourth through Ninety-second Congresses). When Walter Washington

Walter Washington

Walter Edward Washington, was an American politician, the first home-rule mayor of the District of Columbia...

, the first home-rule mayor of the District of Columbia, sent his first budget to Congress in late 1967, McMillan, chair of the House Committee on the District of Columbia, responded by having a truckload of watermelons delivered to Washington's office. McMillan was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress. He resided in Florence, South Carolina

Florence, South Carolina

-Municipal government and politics:The City of Florence has a council-manager form of government. The mayor and city council are elected every four years, with no term limits...

, where he died in 1979; interment was in the McMillan family cemetery, Mullins.