Wilbur Daigh Mills - Kensett Cemetery - Kensett, AR
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Congressman Wilbur Daigh Mills was known as "Mr. Chairman" - interred in Kensett Cemetery, Kensett, Arkansas.
Waymark Code: WM18TK2
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 09/24/2023
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Congressman Wilbur Daigh Mills, known for much of his political tenure as "Mr. Chairman," is interred in Kensett Cemetery at a double headstone he shares with his wife Clarine. The headstone is near the cemetery entrance, on the east side of the lane.
Description:
Wilbur Daigh Mills, who was born here in Kensett, was an American Democratic politician who represented Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 until his retirement in 1977. As Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee from 1958 to 1974, he was often called "the most powerful man in Washington" with the nickname "Mr. Chairman." He had significant involvement in the creation of the Medicare program, pushed for tax reform, and was an advocate of major infrastructure projects such as the Interstate Highway System. He was also known for a notorious sex scandal with a stripper named Fanne Foxe; as a result he stepped down as Chairman and checked into the Palm Beach Institute for Alcoholism for three months. He declined to seek re-election in 1976 and eventually returned to the practice of law. Mills helped establish the Wilbur D. Mills Center for Alcoholism and Drug Treatment Center and supporting similar centers around the country in their fundraising efforts.
Date of birth: 05/24/1909
Date of death: 05/02/1992
Area of notoriety: Politics
Marker Type: Headstone
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Dawn to Dusk
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
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