William J. Miller

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William J. Miller

William Jennings Miller (born March 12, 1899 in North Andover , Essex County , Massachusetts , †  November 22, 1950 in Wethersfield , Connecticut) was an American politician . Between 1939 and 1949 he represented the first constituency of the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives several times .

Career

William Miller attended public schools in his home country and then, until 1917, Cannon's Commercial College in Lawrence . During the First World War he belonged to the Air Corps of the US Army , where he rose to lieutenant. He lost both legs in a plane crash in France in 1918. Because of this disability, he was often under medical treatment in veterans hospitals in the 1920s. From 1926 he lived in Wethersfield (Connecticut). From 1931 he worked in the insurance industry.

Politically, Miller joined the Republican Party . In 1938 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the First District of Connecticut . On January 3, 1939, he succeeded the Democrat Herman P. Kopplemann , whom he had defeated in the election. Until January 3, 1941, he was initially only able to complete one legislative period in Congress because he had lost the 1940 election to Kopplemann. In 1942 there was another duel between Kopplemann and Miller in the congressional elections, which Miller won this time. This allowed him to represent his constituency in Congress for another two years between January 3, 1943 and January 3, 1945. In 1944 he lost again to Kopplemann, but he was able to beat him again two years later. He spent another term in Congress between January 3, 1947 and January 3, 1949. Between 1933 and 1949 Kopplemann and Miller alternated a total of three times in Congress. In the 1948 election, Miller was defeated by Democrat Abraham A. Ribicoff .

After his last tenure ended on January 3, 1949, William Miller returned to the insurance industry. He died in Wethersfield on November 22, 1950 and was buried in Waterford .

Web links

  • William J. Miller in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Miller, William J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Miller, William Jennings (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH North Andover , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1950
Place of death Wethersfield , Connecticut