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Rolla McMillen
1948 photo by Harris & Ewing (Washington, DC)
Member of the United States House of Representatives
In office January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951
Preceded by	Melvin Price
Succeeded by	William L. Springer
Constituency	Illinois's 22nd congressional district
In office June 13, 1944 – January 3, 1949
Preceded by	William H. Wheat
Succeeded by	Robert B. Chiperfield
Constituency	Illinois's 19th congressional district
Personal details
Born	Rolla Coral McMillen (1880-10-05)October 5, 1880 near Monticello, Illinois
Died	May 6, 1961(1961-05-06) (aged 80) Evanston, Illinois
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	University of Illinois University of Michigan Law School
Occupation	Lawyer

Rolla Coral McMillen (October 5, 1880 – May 6, 1961) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Born near Monticello, Illinois, McMillen attended the public schools of Monticello, Illinois ( Monticello High School), and the University of Illinois. He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1906. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Decatur, Illinois with Clark A. McMillen, to whom he was not related, in the firm of McMillen & McMillen. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1940. He served as member of State housing board 1940–1944.

McMillen was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William H. Wheat. He was reelected to the Seventy-ninth, Eightieth, and Eighty-first Congresses, and served from June 13, 1944, to January 3, 1951. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1950. He was the father of a former judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Thomas Roberts McMillen.

He died in Evanston, Illinois, May 6, 1961. He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Decatur, Illinois.

References

• United States Congress. "Rolla C. McMillen (id: M000574)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

• "Rolla C. McMillen". Find a Grave. Retrieved July 15, 2015.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress