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'''Max Milo Mills''' (August 26, 1920 – October 6, 1998) was an American lawyer and politician.
Mills was a native of [[Marshalltown, Iowa]], and could trace his ancestry to the homesteaders of [[Marshall County, Iowa|Marshall County]].<ref name="iaga">{{cite news |title=Senator Max Milo Mills |url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=62&personID=828 |access-date=April 29, 2024 |agency=Iowa General Assembly}}</ref> His brother Lawrence Ferguson Mills became an art historian and professor at [[Central College (Iowa)|Central College]].<ref name="lfmobit">{{cite news |title=Lawrence Ferguson Mills |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/desmoinesregister/name/lawrence-mills-obituary?id=12627846 |access-date=April 29, 2024 |work=Des Moines Register |date=January 15, 2017}} [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/260574157/ Alternate URL]</ref> Max Mills attended the [[Washington University in St. Louis]], [[Northwestern University]], and [[Iowa State University]] before graduating from the [[University of Chicago]]. He earned a Juris Doctor from the [[Drake University Law School]].<ref name="iaga"/>
Mills served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] from 1942 to 1946, starting from the rank of private and retiring from active duty with the rank of major. He returned to Iowa following the end of the [[Pacific War]], and began practicing law during the ensuing decade, including a stint as Marshall County attorney. Mills also served as vice president of a travel agency, a transportation company, and was a cattle breeder.<ref name="iaga"/>
Mills was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[Iowa Senate]] from 1964 to 1968, representing the [[Iowa Senate, District 24|24th]] and [[Iowa Senate, District 26|26th]] districts for two years each.<ref name="iaga"/> In 1966, Mills contested the Republican nomination for [[Lieutenant Governor of Iowa]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Can't agree on method of selection |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/324675352/ |access-date=April 29, 2024 |work=Des Moines Tribune |date=July 22, 1966}}</ref> losing a close race to [[Robert Fulton]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Hughes, Murray issue statements |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register/111172797/ |access-date=April 29, 2024 |work=Des Moines Register |date=November 9, 1966}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Weber |first1=Harrison |title=More lowans Voted for Governor Than Senator |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/iowa-city-press-citizen/16271095/ |access-date=April 29, 2024 |work=Iowa Dally Press-Citizen |date=November 11, 1966}}</ref> Mills ran for the same post in 1968,<ref>{{cite news |title=Max Milo Mills of Marshalltown, Iowa, candidate for Republican nomination... |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/335718879/ |access-date=April 29, 2024 |work=Sioux City Journal |date=February 14, 1968}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Iowa press favors Beck |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/971239/ |access-date=April 29, 2024 |work=Fayette County Leader |date=May 9, 1968}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Official Republican primary election ballot |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/32150793/ |access-date=April 29, 2024 |work=Hawarden Independent |date=August 22, 1968}}</ref> which was won by [[Roger Jepsen]]. Governor [[Robert D. Ray]] appointed Mills to the Iowa Crime Commission. In 1969, Mills relocated to the [[Kansas City metropolitan area]], and returned to serve on the Iowa Development Commission.<ref name="iaga"/>
Mills died in Marshalltown on October 6, 1998, aged 78.<ref name="iaga"/>
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'''Max Milo Mills''' (August 26, 1920 – October 6, 1998) was an American lawyer and politician.
Mills was a native of [[Marshalltown, Iowa]], and could trace his ancestry to the homesteaders of [[Marshall County, Iowa|Marshall County]].<ref name="iaga">{{cite news |title=Senator Max Milo Mills |url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=62&personID=828 |access-date=April 29, 2024 |agency=Iowa General Assembly}}</ref> His brother Lawrence Ferguson Mills became an art historian and professor at [[Central College (Iowa)|Central College]].<ref name="lfmobit">{{cite news |title=Lawrence Ferguson Mills |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/desmoinesregister/name/lawrence-mills-obituary?id=12627846 |access-date=April 29, 2024 |work=Des Moines Register |date=January 15, 2017}} [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/260574157/ Alternate URL]</ref> Max Mills attended the [[Washington University in St. Louis]], [[Northwestern University]], and [[Iowa State University]] before graduating from the [[University of Chicago]]. He earned a Juris Doctor from the [[Drake University Law School]].<ref name="iaga"/>
Mills served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] from 1942 to 1946, starting from the rank of private and retiring from active duty with the rank of major. He returned to Iowa following the end of the [[Pacific War]], and began practicing law during the ensuing decade, including a stint as Marshall County attorney. Mills also served as vice president of a travel agency, a transportation company, and was a cattle breeder.<ref name="iaga"/>
Mills was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[Iowa Senate]] from 1964 to 1968, representing the [[Iowa Senate, District 24|24th]] and [[Iowa Senate, District 26|26th]] districts for two years each.<ref name="iaga"/> In 1966, Mills contested the Republican nomination for [[Lieutenant Governor of Iowa]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Can't agree on method of selection |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/324675352/ |access-date=April 29, 2024 |work=Des Moines Tribune |date=July 22, 1966}}</ref> losing a close race to [[Robert Fulton]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Hughes, Murray issue statements |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register/111172797/ |access-date=April 29, 2024 |work=Des Moines Register |date=November 9, 1966}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Weber |first1=Harrison |title=More lowans Voted for Governor Than Senator |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/iowa-city-press-citizen/16271095/ |access-date=April 29, 2024 |work=Iowa Dally Press-Citizen |date=November 11, 1966}}</ref> Mills ran for the same post in 1968,<ref>{{cite news |title=Max Milo Mills of Marshalltown, Iowa, candidate for Republican nomination... |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/335718879/ |access-date=April 29, 2024 |work=Sioux City Journal |date=February 14, 1968}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Iowa press favors Beck |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/971239/ |access-date=April 29, 2024 |work=Fayette County Leader |date=May 9, 1968}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Official Republican primary election ballot |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/32150793/ |access-date=April 29, 2024 |work=Hawarden Independent |date=August 22, 1968}}</ref> which was won by [[Roger Jepsen]]. Governor [[Robert D. Ray]] appointed Mills to the Iowa Crime Commission. In 1969, Mills relocated to the [[Kansas City metropolitan area]], and returned to serve on the Iowa Development Commission.<ref name="iaga"/>
Mills died in Marshalltown on October 6, 1998, aged 78.<ref name="iaga"/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{authority control}}
[[Category:1920 births]]
[[Category:1998 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century American lawyers]]
[[Category:20th-century American legislators]]
[[Category:Republican Party Iowa state senators]]
[[Categoryistrict attorneys in Iowa]]
[[Categoryeople from Marshalltown, Iowa]]
[[Category:Northwestern University alumni]]
[[Category:Washington University in St. Louis alumni]]
[[Category:Iowa State University alumni]]
[[Category:University of Chicago alumni]]
[[Categoryrake University Law School alumni]]
[[Category:United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:United States Marine Corps non-commissioned officers]]
Okumaya devam et...