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Lorraine C. Miller (born May 6, 1948) is an American political administrator who served as the 35th
Clerk of the United States House of Representatives The Clerk of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the United States House of Representatives, whose primary duty is to act as the chief record-keeper for the House. Along with the other House officers, the Clerk is elec ...
from 2007 to 2011. Along with
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, she is also the co-chair of Democratic National Committee's Credentials Committee.


Biography

She is from Fort Worth,
Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
. She attended Jarvin Christian College and then changed to the University of North Texas, earning a degree in political science in 1975. Miller currently works as a commercial real estate broker. She served as the first African-American clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011 and the first African-American to also serve as an officer of the U.S. House of Representatives. she has been a member of the national board of directors of the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. ...
since 2008. She was selected to the post of interim president and CEO of the NAACP to replace
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, assuming that role on November 1, 2013. She is co-chair of the Credentials Committee of the Democratic National Convention. Replacing Karen L. Haas in February 2007, she was the first African American to serve as an official of the
United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
. Miller left her post as clerk at the start of the 112th Congress on January 5, 2011. She was replaced with her predecessor, Karen L. Haas. Prior to being appointed to the Clerk post, she served as the director of intergovernmental relations for then-Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. This was a senior position akin to the position of Deputy Chief of Staff and senior policy advisors. In her tenure in the public service, Miller has served in a number of positions in both the legislative and executive branches. Pelosi is the third Democratic Speaker of the House that Miller will be working for, having worked for
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and Jim Wright in the past. In addition, she worked under Rep.
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of Georgia. During the Clinton Administration, Miller served as a Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs; in the late 1990s, she transitioned to her role as Bureau Chief of Consumer Information for the
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. Prior to her service in the FCC, she served as director of government relations for the Federal Trade Commission. Miller has also served as the president of the Washington D.C. chapter of the NAACP since 2004. As the Clerk of the House she received a salary of $163,700 a year."Fort Worth native named to serve as clerk of U.S. House" STAR-TELEGRAM 1/31/07


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Lorraine 20th-century births 1948 births Clerks of the United States House of Representatives Clinton administration personnel Living people NAACP activists People from Fort Worth, Texas