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Miller was born in the small mountain town of Young Harris, Georgia.His father, Stephen Grady Miller (1891–1932), [4] was a teacher who died of cerebral meningitis [5] when Miller was a 17-day-old infant, [1] and the future politician was raised by his widowed mother, Birdie Bryan (1893–1980).
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.
Zell Miller (1932–2018), U.S. Senator from Georgia from 2000 to 2005; United States state senate members ... Edwin E. Miller (died 1950), Pennsylvania State Senate;
Considered to be one of the most interesting choices for speakers at the convention was a keynote address by Georgia Senator Zell Miller, a conservative Democrat. Miller had consistently voted with Republicans. In an editorial in The Wall Street Journal, Miller cited that the reason for his defection was that, "I barely recognize my party ...
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.
Popular Senate elections remained despite the General Assembly not taking action to ratify the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution that was passed in 1913. 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 ...
Serving since (in the House/Senate) Date of birth Place of birth U.S. Congress Charles A. Chickering Republican New York (24th district) February 13, 1900 56 Fell from window New York City, New York: Riverside Cemetery, Copenhagen, New York: Albert D. Shaw: March 4, 1893 November 26, 1843 Harrisburg, New York: 56th (1899–1901) Sidney Parham Epes
Miller had died when he was 30, and he “only really knew her” in the last two years of her life. What he would later discover in his research, he says, was “a completely different person ...