Jeff Miller (Tennessee)

Jeff A. Miller (born November 9, 1962), American politician, was a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate. Miller is an attorney from Cleveland, Tennessee. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.

As a state senator, Miller was a strong opponent of a state income tax, and led efforts to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot to ban homosexual 'marriage.' He was instrumental in the imposition of the state lottery, ensuring that all money collected was direted to education, and passed the "sales tax holiday", providing Tennesseans with a weekend during which they can buy clothing, school supplies, and qualifying computers without paying sales tax.

Miller has served a total of three terms in the state senate; he previously announced his intention to retire after the end of his second term in 2002 but subsequently reconsidered and was again reelected.

In February 2006 Miller announced that he would not seek a fourth term.

External links

* [http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/senate/members/s9.htm Jeff Miller's Profile]