- William J. Miller
William Jennings Miller (
March 12 ,1899 -November 22 ,1950 ) was a U.S. Representative fromConnecticut .Born in
North Andover, Massachusetts , Miller attended the public schools.He was graduated from Cannon's Commercial College,Lawrence, Massachusetts , in 1917. During the First World War enlistedAugust 5 ,1917 , as a private in theUnited States Army and served in the Air Service in the Eightieth and One Thousand One Hundred and Fourth Aero Squadrons. Later commissioned a second lieutenant. Injured in an airplane crash in France in 1918, resulting in the loss of both legs.He was dischargedApril 26 ,1919 . Patient in United States veterans' hospitals 1919-1931.He moved toWethersfield, Connecticut , in 1926.He engaged in the insurance business in 1931.Miller was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress (
January 3 ,1939 -January 3 ,1941 ).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress.Miller was elected to the Seventy-eighth Congress (
January 3 ,1943 -January 3 ,1945 ).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress.Miller was elected in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress (
January 3 ,1947 -January 3 ,1949 ).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress.He resumed the general insurance business.He died inWethersfield, Connecticut ,November 22 ,1950 .He was interred in Jordan Cemetery,Waterford, Connecticut .References
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