John E. Miller

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John E. Miller

John Elvis Miller (born May 15, 1888 in Aid , Stoddard County , Missouri , †  January 30, 1981 ) was an American lawyer and politician ( Democratic Party ). He represented the state of Arkansas in both houses of Congress .

John Miller first attended public schools before continuing his education at Southeast Missouri State Teachers College in Cape Girardeau and Valparaiso University in Indiana . In 1912 he graduated from the University of Kentucky Law School at Lexington ; that same year he was inducted into the bar and moved to Arkansas, where he began practicing in Searcy .

As a result, Miller was also active in the banking industry and got involved in politics. In 1918 he took part in the Arkansas Constitutional Convention; from 1919 to 1922 he acted as a public prosecutor for the first district court of the state. In 1930 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives for the first time , where he remained until November 14, 1937 after multiple re-elections. He resigned his mandate there because he had been elected US Senator . As the successor to the late Joseph Taylor Robinson , he should have ended his term of office, which ran until January 3, 1943, but resigned on March 31, 1941 to follow an appeal as a judge at the federal district court for the western district of Arkansas.

In 1967, John Miller retired. He lived in Fort Smith until his death in 1981 .

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  • John E. Miller in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Miller, John E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Miller, John Elvis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Aid , Missouri
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1981