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Zell Bryan Miller (February 24, 1932 – March 23, 2018) was an American politician who served as a United States senator representing Georgia from 2000 to 2005 and as the 79th governor of Georgia from 1991 to 1999.
Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Zell Miller, who was appointed by Governor Roy Barnes to replace the deceased Paul Coverdell, overwhelmingly won election to serve the remainder of the term. Miller defeated Republican Mack Mattingly, a former U.S. Senator in a landslide of over 20 points, carrying 149 of the state's 159 counties.
During the 106th Congress, the US Senate had a Republican majority. In this Congress, Tim Hutchinson was the most junior senior senator, until Paul Coverdell's death on July 18, 2000, after which Max Cleland was the most junior senior senator. Ernest Hollings was the most senior junior senator.
Twenty-five of Miller's appointments were black. Forty-two were women. Eleven were both, meaning he added 56 black and female judges to the bench in eight years.
Rebecca Latimer Felton was the first female U.S. senator, representing Georgia in the Senate for one day in 1922, [1] having been appointed to the seat to replace Thomas E. Watson after his death in September 1922. Richard Russell Jr. was the state's longest serving senator, served from 1933 to 1971.
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With the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy, the legislature chose to revert the rules to allow the Democratic governor (Gov. Deval Patrick) to appoint a temporary replacement senator while awaiting the results of a special election to complete the existing term.
Zell Miller was appointed to the Class 3 seat in 2000 following Paul Coverdell's death and later elected in the special election; Johnny Isakson was later elected to that same seat after Miller retired in 2004. Opponent Max Cleland quickly labeled Millner as an extremist, saying that "I think people in this state want to elect a moderate ...