John L. McMillan

John Lanneau McMillan
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 6th district
In office January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1973
Preceded by	Elizabeth H. Gasque
Succeeded by	Edward Lunn Young
Personal details
Born	(1898-04-12)April 12, 1898 Mullins, South Carolina
Died	Florence, South Carolina
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	University of North Carolina University of South Carolina National University School of Law
Profession	Lawyer

John Lanneau McMillan (April 12, 1898 – September 3, 1979) was a United States Representative from South Carolina. Born on a farm near Mullins, he was educated at Mullins High School, the University of North Carolina, as well as the University of South Carolina Law School and National Law School in Washington, D.C. He was selected to represent the United States Congress at the Interparliamentary Union in London in 1960, and in Tokyo in 1961.

McMillan was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth and to the sixteen succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1939 to January 3, 1973; while in Congress he was chairman of the Committee on District of Columbia from 1945 to 1947, from 1949 to 1953, and from 1953 to 1973. McMillan was defeated in the 1972 Democratic primary by a considerably more liberal Democrat, State Representative John Jenrette. He is still the longest-serving congressman in South Carolina's history, and only Strom Thurmond represented the state longer at the federal level.

He resided in Florence, South Carolina, where he died in 1979; interment was in the McMillan family cemetery, Mullins.

References

• John L. McMillan at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Elizabeth H. Gasque	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 6th congressional district 1939–1973	Succeeded by Edward Lunn Young