Clem Miller
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Clement Woodnutt Miller | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 1st district | |
In office January 3, 1959 – October 7, 1962 | |
Preceded by | Hubert B. Scudder |
Succeeded by | Don H. Clausen |
Personal details | |
Born | Clement Woodnutt Miller October 28, 1916 Wilmington, Delaware |
Died | October 7, 1962 near Eureka, California | (aged 45)
Resting place | Point Reyes National Seashore, north of San Francisco, California. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Katharine Southerland Miller |
Education | Lawrenceville School, Williams College |
Clement Woodnutt Miller (October 28, 1916 – October 7, 1962) was an American World War II veteran and politician who served two terms as a U.S. representative from California from 1959 to 1962. He was killed in a plane crash during his second term in office.
Early life and career
[edit]Clement Miller was born in Wilmington, Delaware, on October 28, 1916. He graduated from the Lawrenceville School, from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1940, and briefly attended Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations in 1946.
World War II
[edit]He enlisted in the United States Army in 1940, serving as a private in the 258th Field Artillery Regiment. He was discharged in 1945 as a captain. During his military career, he had service in the Netherlands and Germany.
After the war
[edit]He became a veterans service officer in Nevada in 1946 and an employment service official for the State of Nevada, in 1947. He then became a field examiner and hearing officer for the National Labor Relations Board for Northern California from 1948 to 1953.
He became a landscape consultant in 1954.
Tenure in Congress
[edit]He ran for Congress in 1956 but was unsuccessful. He ran again in 1958 and was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth Congress. In 1960, he was re-elected to the Eighty-seventh Congress. Of note, Miller authored the legislation that established Point Reyes National Seashore.
Death and burial
[edit]He served in Congress from January 3, 1959, until his death in an airplane accident near Eureka, California, on October 7, 1962. He was interred in Point Reyes National Seashore, north of San Francisco, California.
Legacy
[edit]He was a grandson of Charles R. Miller and a nephew of Thomas W. Miller, and the grandfather of poet and rapper George Watsky.
Miller was elected posthumously to the Eighty-eighth Congress.
He was the author of the book Member of the House: Letters of a Congressman.[1]
Electoral history
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Hubert B. Scudder (Incumbent) | 102,604 | 53.6 | |
Democratic | Clement Woodnutt Miller | 88,962 | 46.4 | |
Total votes | 191,566 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Clement Woodnutt Miller | 102,096 | 54.9 | |||
Republican | Frederick G. Dupuis | 84,807 | 45.1 | |||
Total votes | 185,903 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clement Woodnutt Miller (Incumbent) | 115,829 | 51.6 | |
Republican | Frederick G. Dupuis | 108,505 | 48.4 | |
Total votes | 224,334 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clement Woodnutt Miller (Incumbent) | 100,962 | 50.8 | |
Republican | Donald H. Clausen | 97,949 | 49.2 | |
Total votes | 198,911 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Rebels With a Cause: film describes Rep. Miller's establishment of the Point Reyes National Seashore
- The Clem Miller Environmental Education Center Archived 2021-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Milestones: Oct. 19, 1962". Time. October 19, 1962.
- ^ 1956 election results
- ^ 1958 election results
- ^ 1960 election results
- ^ 1962 election results
- United States Congress. "Clem Miller (id: M000719)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- 1916 births
- 1962 deaths
- Politicians from Wilmington, Delaware
- Military personnel from Delaware
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California
- Politicians elected posthumously
- Lawrenceville School alumni
- Cornell University alumni
- Accidental deaths in California
- United States Army officers
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1962
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in the United States
- Writers from California
- Writers from Wilmington, Delaware
- 20th-century American legislators
- Williams College alumni