Clara G. McMillan explained

Clara Gooding McMillan
Image Name:Clara McMillan.jpg
Birth Date:August 17, 1894
Birth Place:Brunson, South Carolina, U.S.
Death Place:Barnwell, South Carolina, U.S.
Resting Place:Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
State:South Carolina
District:1st
Term:November 7, 1939 – January 3, 1941
Preceded:Thomas S. McMillan
Succeeded:L. Mendel Rivers
Party:Democratic
Spouse:Thomas S. McMillan
Alma Mater:Confederate Home College
Flora MacDonald College
Profession:Civil servant

Clara McMillan (née Gooding; August 17, 1894 – November 8, 1976) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, and wife of Thomas S. McMillan.

Biography

Born in Brunson, South Carolina, Mcmillan attended the public schools, Confederate Home College, Charleston, South Carolina, and Flora MacDonald College, Red Springs, North Carolina.

Mcmillan was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth Congress by special election, on November 7, 1939, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Thomas S. McMillan, and served from November 7, 1939, to January 3, 1941.[1] She was not a candidate for reelection in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress. She served in National Youth Administration, then the Office of Government Reports, Office of War Information, 1941. She was appointed information liaison officer for the Department of State, Washington, D.C., on January 1, 1946, and served until July 31, 1957.

McMillan resided in Barnwell, South Carolina, until her death on November 8, 1976. She was interred in Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Almanac Of Women And Minorities In American Politics 2002. Martin, M.. 2008. Westview Press. 9780786742912. 87. 2015-04-13.