Benton McMillin was governor of the U.S. state of Tennessee from 1899 to 1903. A Democrat, he was a native of Monroe County, Kentucky and an attorney. McMillin was a member of the state legislature from 1875 to 1877, and served in the United States Congress from 1879 until his election as governor in November, 1898. He was governor during the settlement of a long-running boundary dispute between Tennessee and Virginia.

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  • Benton McMillin was governor of the U.S. state of Tennessee from 1899 to 1903. A Democrat, he was a native of Monroe County, Kentucky and an attorney. McMillin was a member of the state legislature from 1875 to 1877, and served in the United States Congress from 1879 until his election as governor in November, 1898. He was governor during the settlement of a long-running boundary dispute between Tennessee and Virginia. He pushed for the adoption of uniform textbooks in the state public schools and a tax increase to support public high schools. Re-elected in 1900, he subsequently entered the insurance business at the end of his second term. McMillin later was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson as U.S. Minister to Peru from 1913 to 1919, and as Minister to Guatemala from 1919 to 1923. He advocated the introduction of an income tax while serving in Congress and in a later article in the Saturday Evening Post.
  • Benton McMillin war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und 31. Gouverneur von Tennessee.
  • Benton McMillin, född 11 september 1845 i Monroe County, Kentucky, död 8 januari 1933 i Nashville, Tennessee, var en amerikansk demokratisk politiker och diplomat. Han var ledamot av 1879-1899 och guvernör i Tennessee 1899-1903. McMillin gifte sig 1869 med Birdie Brown som var dotter till politikern John C. Brown. Paret fick en son. Efter Birdies död gifte han om sig 1887 med Lucille Foster och paret fick en dotter. McMillin studerade vid Kentucky University. Han studerade därefter juridik och inledde 1871 sin karriär som advokat i Tennessee. Han valdes tio gånger till representanthuset och två gånger till guvernör. Trots tre försök lyckades han inte bli senator. Han förlorade 1912 års guvernörsval i Tennessee mot republikanen Ben W. Hooper. McMillin var som envoyé extraordinaire och plenipotentiär minister chef för USA:s diplomatiska beskickning i Peru 1913-1920. Strax efter McMillins tid som beskickningschef blev USA:s diplomatiska representation i Peru en ambassad. McMillin var sedan chef för USA:s diplomatiska beskickning i Guatemala från januari 1920 fram till december 1921. McMillin stödde Franklin D. Roosevelt i presidentvalet i USA 1932. Hans grav finns på Mount Olivet Cemetery i Nashville.
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  • Benton McMillin was governor of the U.S. state of Tennessee from 1899 to 1903. A Democrat, he was a native of Monroe County, Kentucky and an attorney. McMillin was a member of the state legislature from 1875 to 1877, and served in the United States Congress from 1879 until his election as governor in November, 1898. He was governor during the settlement of a long-running boundary dispute between Tennessee and Virginia.
  • Benton McMillin war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und 31. Gouverneur von Tennessee.
  • Benton McMillin, född 11 september 1845 i Monroe County, Kentucky, död 8 januari 1933 i Nashville, Tennessee, var en amerikansk demokratisk politiker och diplomat. Han var ledamot av 1879-1899 och guvernör i Tennessee 1899-1903. McMillin gifte sig 1869 med Birdie Brown som var dotter till politikern John C. Brown. Paret fick en son. Efter Birdies död gifte han om sig 1887 med Lucille Foster och paret fick en dotter. McMillin studerade vid Kentucky University.
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