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Dan Miller | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromFlorida's13th district | |
| In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Katherine Harris |
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| Born | Frederick Daniel Miller (1942-05-30)May 30, 1942 (age 83) Highland Park, Michigan, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | University of Florida (BS) Emory University (MBA) Louisiana State University (PhD) |
Frederick Daniel Miller[1][2] (born May 30, 1942) is an American politician from thestate ofFlorida. ARepublican, he represented the state and its 13th district in theHouse of Representatives for ten years.[3]
Miller was born inHighland Park, Michigan, but moved to Florida during his childhood and graduated fromManatee High School inBradenton, Florida, in 1960. He was an undergraduate at theUniversity of Florida, Gainesville, and received hisMBA fromEmory University. He then got hisPh.D. and served as a professor at several colleges across the South. He also developed a successfulbusiness career, working with his father Don Sr. and brother Don Jr. on a restaurant,nursing home and real estate development. He married Glenda Burton Darsey inBaton Rouge, Louisiana, on December 14, 1968.[1] In 1992, Miller ran for Congress inFlorida's 13th congressional district, a newly created district that included all ofManatee andSarasota Counties, along with the southern portion ofHillsborough and a sliver ofCharlotte.
Miller was elected to the U.S. House from the Republican-leaning district and served for the following ten years. He decided not to run for re-election in 2002, honoring his self-imposed term limit of 10 years. Florida Secretary of StateKatherine Harris was elected to succeed him.
In Congress, Miller advocated spending restraint as a fiscal conservative. He served on several committees during his tenure, including Appropriations, Government Reform & Oversight, and Budget. Miller championed Medicare reform, fought to end the costly sugar subsidy,[4] and opposed earmarking. Miller also served as chairman of the subcommittee on theUnited States Census, overseeing the 2000 decennial census, a position he was uniquely qualified to hold as a former statistics professor.
| Year | Democrat | Votes | Pct | Republican | Votes | Pct | ||
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| 1992 | Rand Snell | 115,767 | 42% | Dan Miller | 158,881 | 58% | ||
| 1994 | (no candidate) | Dan Miller | * | |||||
| 1996 | Sanford Gordon | 96,098 | 36% | Dan Miller | 173,671 | 64% | ||
| 1998 | (no candidate) | Dan Miller | * | |||||
| 2000 | Daniel E. Dunn | 99,568 | 36% | Dan Miller | 175,918 | 64% |
*Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 1994 and 1998, Miller was unopposed, and so a vote total was not recorded. In 1996, write-ins received 135 votes. In 2000, write-ins received 101 votes.
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| Preceded by | Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromFlorida's 13th congressional district 1993–2003 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded byas Former U.S. Representative | Order of precedence of the United States as Former U.S. Representative | Succeeded byas Former U.S. Representative |
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