Jack Miller (politician)

Jack Miller
Jack Miller
	58th district
	In office; January 10, 1955 – January 13, 1957
Preceded by	Robert Carlson
Succeeded by	Donald V. Doyle; John M. Naughton
Personal details
Born	Jack Richard Miller; June 6, 1916; Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	August 29, 1994 (aged 78); Temple Terrace, Florida, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Education	Creighton University (AB); Catholic University of America (AM); Columbia Law School (JD)

Jack Richard Miller (June 6, 1916 – August 29, 1994) was an American politician and jurist who served as a

United States Senator from Iowa for two terms from 1961 to 1973. He later served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

.

Education and career

Miller was born in

United States Internal Revenue Service. After one year as an assistant professor of law at Notre Dame Law School, he then returned to Sioux City, where he went into private practice.^[1]

Political career

Miller was elected to the

Dick Clark. During a phone call in the early hours of the morning following that election, President Nixon told Henry Kissinger that "we lost Jack Miller because he's a jackass."^[4]

Miller voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,^[5] as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,^[6] the Voting Rights Act of 1965,^[7] and the confirmation of Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court,^[8] while Miller did not vote on the Civil Rights Act of 1968.^[9]

Federal judicial service

Miller was nominated by President Richard Nixon on June 28, 1973, to a seat on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals vacated by Judge J. Lindsay Almond He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 28, 1973, and received his commission on July 6, 1973. He was reassigned by operation of law on October 1, 1982, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, to a new seat authorized by 96 Stat. 25. He assumed senior status on June 6, 1985. His service terminated on August 29, 1994, due to his death.^[1]

Retirement and death

Miller retired to Temple Terrace, Florida where he died on August 29, 1994. He is interred at Arlington National Cemetery.^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b Jack Richard Miller at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
^ "Senator Jack Richard Miller". Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
^ Semple, Robert (3 September 1970). "President Praises Smooth Transition In South's Schools; PRESIDENT LAUDS SCHOOL CHANGES" (PDF). New York Times. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
^ "Conversation 033-060 at 1:43 – Nixon Tapes". 1972-11-08.
^ "HR. 7152. PASSAGE".
^ "S.J. RES. 29. APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION BANNING THE POLL TAX AS PREREQUISITE FOR VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS". GovTrack.us.
^ "TO PASS S. 1564, THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965".
^ "CONFIRMATION OF NOMINATION OF THURGOOD MARSHALL, THE FIRST NEGRO APPOINTED TO THE SUPREME COURT". GovTrack.us.
^ "TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN SALE OR RENTAL OF HOUSING, AND TO PROHIBIT RACIALLY MOTIVATED INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON EXERCISING HIS CIVIL RIGHTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES".
^ Arlington National Cemetery

Sources

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: A History: 1990–2002 / compiled by members of the Advisory Council to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in celebration of the court's twentieth anniversary. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 2004. p. 147.
LCCN 2004050209
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External links

United States Congress. "Jack Miller (id: M000730)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-07
Jack Richard Miller at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Federal Judicial Center CCPA entry on Jack Miller

Party political offices
Preceded by Thomas E. Martin	Class 2) 1960, 1966, 1972	Succeeded by Roger Jepsen
U.S. Senate
Preceded by Thomas E. Martin	United States Senator (Class 2) from Iowa 1961–1973 Served alongside: Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Harold Hughes	Succeeded by Dick Clark
Legal offices
Preceded by J. Lindsay Almond	Associate Judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals 1973–1982	Seat abolished
Preceded by Seat established by 96 Stat. 25	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 1982–1985	Succeeded by Glenn L. Archer Jr.

[auto-1] Jack Richard Miller at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

[2] "Senator Jack Richard Miller". Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved November 20, 2022.

[3] Semple, Robert (3 September 1970). "President Praises Smooth Transition In South's Schools; PRESIDENT LAUDS SCHOOL CHANGES" (PDF). New York Times. Retrieved 12 October 2014.

[4] "Conversation 033-060 at 1:43 – Nixon Tapes". 1972-11-08.

[5] "HR. 7152. PASSAGE".

[6] "S.J. RES. 29. APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION BANNING THE POLL TAX AS PREREQUISITE FOR VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS". GovTrack.us.

[7] "TO PASS S. 1564, THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965".

[8] "CONFIRMATION OF NOMINATION OF THURGOOD MARSHALL, THE FIRST NEGRO APPOINTED TO THE SUPREME COURT". GovTrack.us.

[9] "TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN SALE OR RENTAL OF HOUSING, AND TO PROHIBIT RACIALLY MOTIVATED INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON EXERCISING HIS CIVIL RIGHTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES".

[10] Arlington National Cemetery

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v t e United States senators from Iowa
Class 2	Jones Grimes Howell Wright Kirkwood McDill J. Wilson Gear Dolliver Young Kenyon Rawson Brookhart Steck Dickinson Herring G. Wilson Gillette Martin Miller Clark Jepsen Harkin Ernst
Class 3	Dodge Harlan Kirkwood Harlan Allison Cummins Stewart Brookhart Murphy Gillette Hickenlooper Hughes Culver Grassley

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