Lyman Allen Mills (February 25, 1841 – February 21, 1929) was an American

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who was the 68th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1899 to 190

Mills was born in

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. He studied at the Durham Academy in Connecticut and the North Bridgewater Academy in Massachusetts. Mills was a businessman and cattle breeder. In 1895, He was a member of the

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and served on the Finance Committee. Mills died in Dunedin, Florida.

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