For the Senator from Minnesota

Minnesota

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, see Samuel James Renwick McMillan.

Samuel McMillan (August 6, 1850 - May 6, 1924) was a Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from New York

New York

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Born in County Down

County Down

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, town of Dromore

Dromore, County Down

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, Ireland

Ireland

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, immigrated to the United States

United States

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 with his parents, who settled in New York City

New York City

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 and later moved to Niles

Niles, Ohio

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, Trumbull County

Trumbull County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 225,116 people, 89,020 households, and 61,690 families residing in the county. The population density was 365 people per square mile . There were 95,117 housing units at an average density of 154 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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; attended the common schools; returned to New York City and took up the trade of carpenter; attended night school as a student of architecture; engaged in banking; vice president for a construction company that built Manhattan Bridge

Manhattan Bridge

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; served as a member of the board of examiners of the building department, city of New York, for twelve years, and park commissioner and president of the board for three years under Mayor

Mayor

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 William L. Strong

William L. Strong

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’s administration; elected as a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 to the Sixtieth Congress

60th United States Congress

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 (March 4, 1907 - March 3, 1909); was not a candidate for renomination in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress

61st United States Congress

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; died in New York City and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery

Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx

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 in the Bronx

The Bronx

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