Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Mills, Roger Quarles

MILLS, Roger Quarles, senator, b. in Todd county, Ky., 30 March, 1832, and removed to Texas in 1849. After studying law he began practice, and in 1859 he was elected to the Texas legislature. He served in the civil war as colonel of the 10th Texas regiment, and was elected to congress as a Democrat in 1872. He served continuously until he resigned to accept the position of U. S. senator, to which he was elected, 23 March, 1892, to succeed Horace Chilton, who had been appointed by the governor of the state to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John H. Reagan, till the meeting of the legislature. Col. Mills took his seat 30 March, 1892, and was re-elected in 1893. He has served on various important committees, including those on commerce and public buildings and grounds. The senator resides in Corsicana.