Edward Edwin Miller (July 22, 1880 – August 1, 1946) was a

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from

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Biography

Born in Creston, Iowa, Miller attended the

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s. He moved to East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois, in 1892, where he entered the real estate and insurance business in 1900. He served as private secretary to Congressman William A. Rodenberg and as a delegate to the

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in 1912. He was the

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of Illinois from 1921 to 1923. Miller was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925), but he declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1924. He then went back into real estate and insurance until 1942, whereupon he served as Director of Transportation for

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at St. Louis, Missouri, until his death on August 1, 1946. He was interred in St. Clair Memorial Park Cemetery, East St. Louis, Illinois.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Edward Edwin 1880 births 1946 deaths People from Creston, Iowa State treasurers of Illinois Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois People from East St. Louis, Illinois 20th-century American politicians