The New International Encyclopædia/Mills, Roger Quarles

MILLS, Roger Quarles (1832—). An American soldier and politician, born in Todd County, Ky. He removed to Palestine, Tex., in 1849, studied law, and was admitted to the bar when only twenty years of age. He was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1859, but entered the military service of the Confederacy at the outbreak of the Civil War, and took part in the battles of Arkansas Post (January 11, 1863), Chickamauga (September 19-20, 1863), where he commanded a brigade, New Hope Church (May 27, 1864), and Atlanta (July 22, 1864). In 1873 he was elected to Congress, where he continued as a member of the House until 1892, when he was chosen to fill an unexpired term in the Senate, and the next year was reëlected for the full term. In 1884-88 he was chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, in which capacity he drafted the ‘Mills Bill’ for the regulation of the tariff. This measure was defeated in the Senate.