William J. Miller, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

William J. Miller

U.S. Representative from Connecticut

Date of Birth: 12-Mar-1899

Place of Birth: North Andover, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 22-Nov-1950

Profession: politician, military service, insurance broker

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About William J. Miller

  • William Jennings Miller (March 12, 1899 – November 22, 1950) was a U.S.
  • Representative from Connecticut. Born in North Andover, Massachusetts to Canadian-born Catherine (nÊe Stewart) and Scottish-born James B.
  • Miller, Miller attended the public schools.
  • He graduated from Cannon's Commercial College, Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1917.
  • During the First World War enlisted August 5, 1917, as a private in the United States Army and served in the Air Service in the 80th Aero Squadron and 1104 Aero Squadrons.
  • Later commissioned a second lieutenant.
  • He was injured in an airplane crash in France in 1918, resulting in the loss of both legs.
  • He was discharged April 26, 1919.
  • Patient in United States veterans' hospitals 1919-1931.
  • He moved to Wethersfield, Connecticut, in 1926.
  • He engaged in the insurance business in 1931. Miller was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress (January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress.
  • Miller was elected to the Seventy-eighth Congress (January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945).
  • He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress. Miller was elected in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress (January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949).
  • He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress.
  • He resumed the general insurance business.
  • He died in Wethersfield, Connecticut on November 22, 1950.
  • He was interred in Jordan Cemetery, Waterford, Connecticut.

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