Newt Virgus Mills was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Louisiana

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Born in Calhoun, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

-National protected areas:* Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge* D'Arbonne National Wildlife Refuge -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 147,250 people, 55,216 households, and 38,319 families residing in the parish. The population density was 241 people per square mile...

, Mills attended the public schools of his native city, Louisiana Tech University

Louisiana Tech University

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 in Ruston, Louisiana

Ruston, Louisiana

Ruston is a city in and the parish seat of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 20,546 at the 2000 census. Ruston is near the eastern border of the Ark-La-Tex and is the home of Louisiana Tech University. Its economy caters to its college population...

 State University

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 at Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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 State Normal College at Natchitoches, and Spencer Business College, New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

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He also studied law.
He taught school at Mer Rouge, Louisiana

Mer Rouge, Louisiana

Mer Rouge is a village in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, United States. The name is French for "Red Sea". The population was 721 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Bastrop Micropolitan Statistical Area....

 from 1921 to 1932.
Supervisor of public accounts of Louisiana from 1933 to 1936.
He also engaged in agricultural pursuits, cattle raising, real estate, and oil.
He served as colonel on the staff of the Governor in 1936.

Mills was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Seventy-fifty, Seventy-sixth, and Seventy-seventh Congresses (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1943). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1942, having been defeated by Charles E. McKenzie

Charles E. McKenzie

Charles Edgar Mckenzie was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.Born in tiny Pelican in De Soto Parish in northwestern Louisiana, McKenzie attended the public schools of Monroe, and Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge. He volunteered for service on the Mexican border in 1916 with the...

, a native of De Soto Parish

De Soto Parish, Louisiana

-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 26,656 people, 9,691 households, and 6,967 families residing in the parish. The population density was 29 people per square mile . There were 11,204 housing units at an average density of 13 per square mile...

. In 1950, Mills waged an unsuccessful intraparty challenge to U.S. Senator Russell B. Long

Russell B. Long

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, son of the legendary Huey Pierce Long, Jr..

Mills resumed interests in the oil and gas business, cotton planting, and the building supply business.
He was a resident of Monroe, Louisiana

Monroe, Louisiana

Monroe is a city in and the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 53,107, making it the eighth largest city in Louisiana. A July 1, 2007, United States Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 51,208, but 51,636...

, until his death on May 15, 1996.