Arthur L. Miller

Arthur L. Miller

Arthur Lewis Miller (born May 24, 1892 in Plainview , Pierce County , Nebraska , † March 16, 1967 in Chevy Chase , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1943 and 1959 he represented the fourth constituency of the state of Nebraska in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Arthur Miller attended public schools in his home country. He graduated from high school in 1911 , then studied medicine at Loyola Medical School in Chicago until 1918. In the meantime he worked from 1911 to 1913 as a teacher in Plainview. After studying medicine, Miller was a member of the Medical Reserve Corps of the armed forces from 1917 to 1919 . Between 1919 and 1942 he practiced as a doctor in Kimball . He was also involved in agriculture.

Politically, Miller became a member of the Republican Party . He was mayor of Kimball in 1933 and 1934 and was a member of the Nebraska Legislature from 1937 to 1941 . In 1940 he ran unsuccessfully in his party's primary election for the nomination for the post of governor of Nebraska. This went to the eventual winner Dwight Griswold . Between 1941 and 1942 Miller was the State Health Director of Nebraska.

In 1942 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in the fourth district of Nebraska, where he succeeded Carl Curtis on January 3, 1943 . After Miller was confirmed in office in the following seven congressional elections, he was able to complete eight terms in Congress by January 3, 1959 . In the meantime he was chairman of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs . In the elections of 1958 he was defeated by the candidate of the Democratic Party , Donald McGinley . From 1959 to 1961 Miller was a division director at the US Department of the Interior in Washington . Then he withdrew from politics.

Web links

• Arthur L. Miller in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)