Wilbur Daigh Mills 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".
Mills in 1966
Mills' official House portrait
Wilbur D. Mills Dam
Arkansas's 2nd congressional district
Arkansas's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district located in the central part of the U.S. state of Arkansas and includes the state capital of Little Rock, its suburbs, and surrounding areas. The district leans Republican, with a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+9. However, due to the influence of heavily Democratic Little Rock, it is still considered the least Republican congressional district in Arkansas, which has an all-Republican congressional delegation.
Image: Edward A. Warren, Representative from Arkansas, Thirty fifth Congress, half length portrait LCCN2010649414 (cropped)
Image: Albert Rust (Arkansas Congressman)
Image: Edward A. Warren, Representative from Arkansas, Thirty fifth Congress, half length portrait LCCN2010649414 (cropped)
Image: Albert Rust (Arkansas Congressman)