Joseph Trotter Mills

Joseph Trotter Mills (December 18, 1812 – November 22, 1897) was an American jurist and politician.

Born in Paris, Kentucky, Mills lived and studied with his uncle Benjamin Mills who was a judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals. In 1831. he studied at Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois. He then served as tutor for the children of Colonel Zachary Taylor who was the commanding officer of Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien, Michigan Territory in 1834 and 1835. In 1844, Mills was admitted to the Wisconsin bar and practiced law in Lancaster, Wisconsin. From 1865 to 1877, Mills served as Wisconsin Circuit Court judge. In 1856, 1857, 1862, and 1879, Mills served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was a Republican. Mills died at his son's home in Denver, Colorado.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ↑ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1879,' Biographical Sketch of Joseph T. Mills, pg. 493
  2. ↑ 'Report of the Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin State Bar Association, Madison, Wisconsin, February 2-3, 1901, Tayor and Gleason Book and Job Printers, Madison, Wisconsin: 1901, Biographical Sketch of Joseph Trotter Mills, pg. 326
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