Preceded by Thomas S. McMillan Name Clara McMillan Party Democratic Party Profession civil servant | Political party Democratic Spouse Thomas S. McMillan Succeeded by L. Mendel Rivers Role U.S. representative Resigned January 3, 1941 | |
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Born August 17, 1894
Brunson, South Carolina ( 1894-08-17 ) Died November 8, 1976, Barnwell, South Carolina, United States | ||
Alma mater Flora MacDonald College | ||
Clara Gooding McMillan (August 17, 1894 – November 8, 1976) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, and wife of Thomas S. McMillan.
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. 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.