Clarence Benjamin Miller (March 13, 1872 – January 10, 1922) was a

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from

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. He was born in

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and attended the country school, high school, and the Minneapolis Academy; was graduated from the academic department of the

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in 1895 and from the law department of the same institution in 1900; superintendent of the public schools of

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, 1895 – 1898; was admitted to the bar in 1900 and commenced the practice of law in

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; member of the State House of Representatives in 1907; elected as a

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to the 61st, 62nd, 63rd, 64th, and 65th congresses, (March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1919); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918; member of the congressional investigating committee to the

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in 1915; special investigator for the War Department to the western front in

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in 1917; elected assistant secretary of the

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in 1919 and was chosen its secretary in 1920; engaged in the practice of law in

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; died in

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; interment in Pine Island Cemetery, Pine Island.

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