Frances Jones Mills
Frances Jones Mills (July 4, 1920 - May 24, 1996) was a state official in Kentucky for a large portion of the 1970s and 1980s.
Mills was born in Gray, Kentucky. Mills was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives from Knox County, Kentucky in 1961 as a Democrat, serving one term from a heavily Republican district. Mills was an unsuccessful candidate for the U. S. House of Representatives in 1964.
Mills sought and won election to the office of Treasurer in 1975, 1983, and 1991. The Kentucky state Constitution at the time prohibited state office holders from seeking two consecutive terms. Mills was also elected Secretary of State in 1979. Mills unsuccessfully sought the office of Secretary of State in 1987, losing to Bremer Ehrler, and 1995, losing to John Y. Brown III.
In 1984, she was indicted for violating state ethics laws in regards to her election as State Treasurer, and was acquitted after a two year long case. Mills was charged with violating ethics laws during her last term as Treasurer and was fined $11,000.