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Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 4
pub. D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1898


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              McMILLAN, JAMES, senator, b. in Hamilton, Ontario, 12 May,
           1838. He went to Detroit when he was sixteen years of age, and
           was clerk in a hardware-store for two years, until he was
           appointed purchasing agent for the Detroit and Milwaukee rail-
           road company. In 1864, with JOHN S. NEWBERRY, and others, he
           organized the Michigan car company, for the manufacture of
           freight-cars. This business grew very rapidly, and in ten years
           it was one of the largest in the United States. Its success led
           to the formation of the Detroit car-wheel company, the Baugh
           steam-forge company, the Detroit iron-furnace company, and the
           Vulcan furnace company. In 1881, with his associates in busi-
           ness, he organized the Detroit, Mackinaw, and Marquette rail-
           road company, of which he became president. MR. McMILLAN is one
           of the largest owners of the Detroit and Cleveland steam navi-
           gation company, and the Detroit transportation company, has been
           a director of several banks in Detroit, and is interested in
           other larges business enterprises. He has been chairman of the
           Michigan state Republican committee, contributing largely to
           its funds. His business enterprises have uniformly proved suc-
           cessful, and he has acquired a large fortune. In 1886 he joined
           with JOHN S. NEWBERRY in contributing $100,000 each for the
           establishment and mainenance of a hospital in Detroit. In 1889
           he became U.S. senator, and was re-elected in 1895 for a second
           term.

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