WILBUR D. MILLS - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 34636
Sale Price $215.00
Reg. $260.00
WILBUR MILLS
Black and white photo signed as a Member of Congress
Photograph signed: "Wilbur Mills/M.C.". B/w, 7¾x9½. Wilbur
Daigh Mills (1909-1992) represented Arkansas in the US House of
Representatives from 1939 to 1977. He chaired the powerful House Ways and
Means Committee for 18 years (1957-1975), longer than anyone else in
history. Mills was considered Congress' principal tax expert, and his
support was crucial to passage of the Medicare bill. Mills sought the
Democratic Presidential nomination in 1972. In 1974, when Mills was stopped for
drunk driving in Washington, stripper Fanne Foxe, "the Argentine
firecracker," dashed from his car and leaped into the Tidal Basin.
Re-elected despite this scandal, Mills wrote a finish to his career by appearing
on stage with Foxe at a Boston burlesque and then giving a press conference in
her dressing room. Pleading alcoholism, Mills retired from Congress. When he
sobered up, Mills redeemed himself by becoming a national advocate and
fund-raiser for treatment of substance abuse. The Wilbur Mills Treatment
Center is named for him. Paperclip crease at top left. Tape residue across
bottom edge. Three margins have been removed. Creased and
stained.
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