Howard Shultz Miller

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Howard Shultz Miller

|image = Howard S. Miller (Kansas Congressman).jpg

|caption =

|state = Kansas

|district = {{ushr|Kansas|1|1st}}

|term_start = January 3, 1953

|term_end = January 3, 1955

|predecessor = Albert M. Cole

|successor = William H. Avery

|birth_name =

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1879|2|27}}

|birth_place = Somerset County, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|1|2|1879|2|27}}

|death_place = Hiawatha, Kansas, U.S.

|party = Democratic

}}

Howard Shultz Miller (February 27, 1879 – January 2, 1970) was an American politician. He served as a U.S. representative from Kansas.

Biography

Born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Miller moved with his family to Morrill, Kansas in 1882. He attended the public schools of Brown County, and Sabetha (Kansas) High School. He taught school from 1894 to 1899. Miller graduated from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law in 1900.{{cite web|url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000024|title= O'CONNELL, Jerry Joseph, (1909 - 1956) |publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date= October 14, 2012}} He was admitted to the bar in 1901 and began law practice in Kansas. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and worked as a lawyer from 1901 to 1952.

Miller was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third Congress (January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955).{{cite web|url= http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/howard_miller/407708|title=Rep. Howard Miller |publisher= govtrack.us|access-date= October 14, 2012}} He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress and for election in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress. He is the only Democrat in history to represent Kansas' 1st congressional district.

Miller died on January 2, 1970, in Hiawatha, Kansas, and is interred at Morrill Cemetery, Morrill, Kansas.{{cite web|url= https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller4.html|title=Miller, Howard Shultz (1879-1970) |publisher= The Political Graveyard|access-date= October 14, 2012}}

References

External links

[https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller4.html The Political Graveyard]
[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/howard_miller/407708 govtrack.us]

{{US House succession box

| state=Kansas

| district=1

| before=Albert M. Cole

| after=William H. Avery

| years=1953–1955}}

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| congresses= 83rd United States Congress

| state= Kansas}}

Category:1879 births

Category:1970 deaths

Category:People from Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Category:People from Brown County, Kansas

Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas

Category:20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives