Jesse Carr Mills (January 4, 1802 – March 16, 1875) was an American physician, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer.
He was one of dozens of lawmakers in the 1856 session caught up in the La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad bribery scheme.
He studied medicine as a young man, and then moved to Congress Township, Wayne County, Ohio, in 1832.
[2] At the time, serving as a town chairman also made him ex officio a member of the county board of supervisors.
[5] He was defeated by incumbent Eleazer Wakeley, but returned to run again in 1855, this time as the nominee of the newly established Republican.
An 1858 investigation determined that Mills had received approximately $10,000 worth of the corrupt bonds (about $360,000 adjusted for inflation to 2023).
[7] During his second year in the Legislature, 1857, he was elected town chairman of Elkhorn, and again served as a member of the County Board.