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Miller, Jack R. (Jack Richard), 1916-1994

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Personal name headingMiller, Jack R. (Jack Richard), 1916-1994
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Variant(s)Miller, Mr. (Jack Richard), 1916-1994
Birth date1916-06-06
Death date1994-08-29
Place of birthChicago (Ill.)
Place of deathTemple Terrace (Fla.)
AffiliationUnited States. Congress. Senate
Iowa. General Assembly. House of Representatives
Iowa. General Assembly. Senate
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Legislators Lawyers Judges
Found inNUCMC data from Iowa State Univ. Lib. for Iowa Farmers Union. Records, 1921-1974 (Jack R. Miller)
WWA, 1974/75 (Miller, Jack Richard; b. 1916; s. Forest W. & Blanche Miller; m. Isabelle M. Browning; US Sen. Iowa, 1961/73; judge, US Ct. Customs & Patent Appeals, Washington, D.C., 1973-; lt. col., USAAF & Res., 1942/46)
Modifying restrictions on land for use of the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy, 1968: p. 1 (Mr. Miller, from the Committee on Armed Services)
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed Aug. 17, 2009 (Miller, Jack Richard, a Senator from Iowa; b. June 6, 1916; d. Aug. 29, 1994)
Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed January 24, 2024: (Miller, Jack Richard, a Senator from Iowa; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., June 6, 1916; moved to Sioux City, Iowa, with his parents in 1932; graduated from Creighton University, Omaha, Nebr., in 1938; received a graduate degree from Catholic University, Washington, D.C., 1939, and a law degree from Columbia University School of Law 1946; postgraduate studies at State University of Iowa College of Law 1946; during the Second World War served with the United States Army Air Corps 1942-1946, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel; service included Air Force Headquarters, Washington, D.C., faculty of the United States Army Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kans., and China-Burma-India Theater of Operations; brigadier general, Air Force Reserve; admitted to the Iowa and Nebraska bars in 1946; attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, D.C., 1947-1948; assistant professor of law, University of Notre Dame College of Law 1948-1949; practiced law in Sioux City, Iowa, 1949-1960; member, State House of Representatives 1955-1956; member, State Senate 1957-1960; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1960; reelected in 1966 and served from January 3, 1961, to January 3, 1973; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1972; judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals 1973-1982; circuit judge, U.S. Court of Appeals 1982-1994, becoming senior circuit judge in 1985; was a resident of Temple Terrace, Fla., until his death, August 29, 1994; interment in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.)
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