Millard Caldwell

Millard Fillmore Caldwell (February 6, 1897 – October 23, 1984) was an American politician, lawyer, and jurist.

He would retire from Congress on January 1, 1941, and move to Tallahassee where he would practice law along with raising cattle and operating a dairy.

One of the more colorful aspects of Caldwell's term came on August 10, 1945, during the surrender of Japan in World War II, when Caldwell issued a proclamation urging bars and other alcohol-selling establishments to close in order to prevent a frenzy of drunken celebration in the streets.

[citation needed] Caldwell would support Harry S. Truman's run for president in 1948 as many Southern Democrats had left the party.

[citation needed] During his life, Caldwell was a member of the Newcomen Society, Freemasons, Shriners, Elks, and Knights of Pythias.

Portrait of Caldwell