Clarence B. Miller
American politician (1872-1922)
Clarence Benjamin Miller (March 13, 1872 – January 10, 1922) was a U.S. representative from Minnesota. He was born in Pine Island, Minnesota and attended the country school, high school, and the Minneapolis Academy; was graduated from the academic department of the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis in 1895 and from the law department of the same institution in 1900; superintendent of the public schools of Rushford, Minnesota, 1895 – 1898; was admitted to the bar in 1900 and commenced the practice of law in Duluth; member of the State House of Representatives in 1907; elected as a Republican to the 61st, 62nd, 63rd, 64th, and 65th congresses, (March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1919); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918; member of the congressional investigating committee to the Philippine Islands in 1915; special investigator for the War Department to the western front in France in 1917; elected assistant secretary of the Republican National Committee in 1919 and was chosen its secretary in 1920; engaged in the practice of law in Washington, D.C.; died in Saint Paul, Minnesota; interment in Pine Island Cemetery, Pine Island.
References
Minnesota Legislators Past and Present
United States Congress. "Clarence B. Miller (id: M000717)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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