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See also: American legislator, was See also: born in Todd county, See also: Kentucky, on the 3oth of See also: March 1832
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He went to
See also: Texas in 1839, studied See also: law, and was admitted to the See also: bar by a See also: special See also: act of the legislature before he was twenty-one
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He entered the Confederate army in 1861, took See also: part as a private in the See also: battle of See also: Wilson's Creek, and as colonel commanded the Tenth Texas
See also: Infantry at See also: Arkansas See also: Post, Chickamauga (where he commanded a brigade during part of the battle), Missionary See also: Ridge and See also: Atlanta
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He served in the See also: national See also: House of Representatives as a Democrat from 1873 to 1892 and in the Senate from 1892 to 1899
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He made the tariff his special study, and was long recognized as the leading authority in Congress
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As chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives in 1887–1889 during President See also: Cleveland's first administration, he led the fight for reform
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From his committee he reported in See also: April 1888 the " Mills See also: Bill," which provided for a reduction of the duties on See also: sugar, earthen-See also: ware, glassware, See also: plate See also: glass, woollen goods and other articles, the substitution of ad valorem for specific duties in many cases, and the placing of See also: lumber (of certain kinds), See also: hemp, wool, See also: flax, borax, tin plates, See also: salt and other articles on the See also: free See also: list
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This bill was passed by the Democratic House on the 21st of See also: July, and was then so amended by a Republican Senate as to be unacceptable to the house
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The tariff thus became the chief issue in the presidential See also: campaign of 1888
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In 1891 Mills was a See also: candidate in the
Democratic See also: caucus for See also: Speaker of the house, but was defeated by See also: Charles F
.
Crisp (1845–1896) of
See also: Georgia
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During the free See also: silver controversy he adhered to the Cleveland section of the Democratic party, and failed to be re-elected when his See also: term in the Senate expired in 1899
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He then retired to See also: Corsicana, Texas, where he engaged in business and the practice of law
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