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From his leadership at Howard and through his prolific writings, Miller became a national figure in the debate on race in America.

From 1822 to 1828 Miller was a member of the South Carolina Senate and an early leader in the movement toward nullification.

A loyal Republican and politically ambitious, Miller was elected to the state House of Representatives in 1874 and served until 1880.

Milliken & Company has been tight-lipped about its operations and, especially, sales figures.

Milliken has willingly discussed his company’s quality management with outsiders, but otherwise he protects both his personal and his company’s privacy with a hermitlike determination.

Mills defined both his personal and public ambition in an 1808 letter to Jefferson, in which he declared his desire to pursue “the honour and benefit of my country.”

By the close of the first decade, some five thousand hotels, motels, clubs, and restaurants were dispensing minis. Revenue was impressive, but not as great as had been predicted.

Moise opposed secession and publicly argued against it. Nevertheless, when the Civil War came he volunteered for Confederate service.

An observant Jew, Moïse was an active member of Charleston’s Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim synagogue.

A good student, with a flair for languages (many of which he would teach himself later in life), Molloy had his plans for college dashed with his father’s death.

The village of Moncks Corner in St. John’s Berkeley Parish derived its name from Thomas Monck, who in 1735 purchased one thousand acres in the parish and established Mitton Plantation.

Monroe has received numerous honors for her work, including the South Carolina Center for the Book Award for Fiction.

Montagu convinced several Carolinians that “it was not impossible for a Man to be too great a Fool to make a good Governor.”

Montgomery played an important role in the development of upcountry mill villages with the construction of company housing, schools, and shops.

The South Caroliniana Library in Columbia has an unpublished manuscript on the evolution/creationism controversy written by Moore. Apparently written in 1923, about two years before the Scopes Trial in Dayton, Tennessee, and near the peak of the antievolution movement that erupted after World War I, Moore’s analytical examination of assertions made by antievolutionists has remained relevant long after his death.

Moore performed with Bill Napier—formerly of the Stanley Brothers—as the Dixie Partners from 1960 until 1967. Napier was adept on banjo, lead guitar, and mandolin, while Charlie handled the singing.

Moore has also been involved with philanthropic projects over the years, most notably in education. In 1998 she donated $70 million to the University of South Carolina, and the university in response renamed its business school in her honor.

As a recognized war hero and longtime leader in the antiproprietary party, Moore was chosen as provisional governor until England could assume control of the colony.

Moore’s argument persuaded the Grand Council, which rejected Morton and backed Moore as governor on a temporary basis. The Lords Proprietors, who now courted the Goose Creek Men in the name of colonial harmony and a desire to establish the Church of England in South Carolina, supported the elevation of Moore (an Anglican) over Morton (a Dissenter).

Moore oversaw each hospital in the South through personal and military correspondence and established large general hospitals, such as Chimborazo in Richmond. His greatest accomplishment might have been the vaccination of the entire Southern army against smallpox in only six weeks, a controversial decision in 1862.