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Maynard Miller

American politician from Idaho

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ124130616
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Maynard Malcolm Miller (born 1921, died January 26, 2014) was a former American politician from Idaho. Miller was a Republican member of Idaho House of Representatives from 1992 to 1998 for Idaho's 5th legislative district.

In 1963 he took part in the American Mount Everest Expedition as a scientist and climber. Later he was a professor at the University of Idaho.

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The public source identifies “Maynard Miller” as american politician from Idaho. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Maynard, Miller and American.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1921, 2014, 1992, 1998—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Maynard, Miller and American providing the first useful test.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q124130616. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1921, 2014, 1992 and 1998.

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This entry incorporates text from Maynard Miller” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.