10 Facts About Joseph Millard

Joseph Hopkins Millard was a British North American-born American businessman and politician from Nebraska.

Joseph Millard moved to Iowa with his parents, who settled near Sabula, Iowa.

Joseph Millard attended the district school and clerked in a store; Millard moved to Omaha, Nebraska, in 1856 and engaged in the land business.

Joseph Millard moved to Montana in 1864; through the assistance of an Iowa capitalist, he opened a bank in Virginia City, Montana.

Joseph Millard served as the mayor of Omaha in 1872; for fifteen years he was a director of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, six years of which he served in the capacity of a Government director.

Joseph Millard was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate, March 28,1901, to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4,1901, caused by the failure of the Nebraska Legislature to act, and served from March 28,1901, to March 3,1907.

Joseph Millard died there on January 13,1922, and was interred in Prospect Hill Cemetery.

Joseph Millard headed an organization called Nebraska Men's Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage.

Joseph Millard's organization opposed allowing women to vote as a part of a broader desire to restrict voting to white men of high social class.

The former village and present-day neighborhood of Joseph Millard, Nebraska was named after the brothers.