Jack Miller | |
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| Senior Judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | |
| In office June 6, 1985 – August 29, 1994 | |
| Judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | |
| In office October 1, 1982 – June 6, 1985 | |
| Appointed by | operation of law |
| Preceded by | Seat established by 96 Stat. 25 |
| Succeeded by | Glenn L. Archer Jr. |
| Associate Judge of theUnited States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals | |
| In office July 6, 1973 – October 1, 1982 | |
| Appointed by | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | J. Lindsay Almond |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| United States Senator fromIowa | |
| In office January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1973 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas E. Martin |
| Succeeded by | Dick Clark |
| Member of theIowa Senate from the32nd district | |
| In office January 14, 1957 – January 2, 1961 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Van Eaton |
| Succeeded by | Charles Van Eaton |
| Member of theIowa House of Representatives from the58th 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 (1916-06-06)June 6, 1916 |
| Died | August 29, 1994(1994-08-29) (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 aRepublicanUnited States Senator fromIowa for two terms from 1961 to 1973. He later served as aUnited States circuit judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Miller was born inChicago, Illinois. He first moved toSioux City, Iowa, in 1932 as a teenager. He attendedThe Oratory School inEngland, then received anArtium Baccalaureus degree fromCreighton University in 1938 and anArtium Magister degree from theCatholic University of America in 1939. DuringWorld War II, Miller served with theUnited States Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1946, attaining the rank oflieutenant colonel. His military service included theChina-Burma-India Theater, the faculty at the ArmyCommand and General Staff College atFort Leavenworth, and duty at Air Force Headquarters in Washington, D.C. After the war, Miller received hisJuris Doctor fromColumbia Law School in 1946, and did postgraduate study at theUniversity of Iowa College of Law later that year. He served between 1947 and 1948 as an attorney with the Office of Chief Counsel of theUnited States Internal Revenue Service. After one year as an assistant professor of law atNotre Dame Law School, he then returned to Sioux City, where he went into private practice.[1]
Miller was elected to theIowa House of Representatives in 1955, and to theIowa Senate in 1957.[2] Miller was first elected to theUnited States Senate in 1960. In a race to replace the retiring Republican SenatorThomas E. Martin, Miller defeated Iowa's sitting governor,Herschel C. Loveless, in aclose contest. Miller was a member of the Senate Finance Committee.[3] He was reelected in1966, easily defeating DemocratE. B. Smith, but in1972 was defeated in an upset by DemocratDick Clark. During a phone call in the early hours of the morning following that election,President Nixon toldHenry Kissinger that "we lost Jack Miller because he's a jackass."[4]
Miller voted in favor of theCivil Rights Act of 1964,[5] as well as the24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,[6] theVoting Rights Act of 1965,[7] and the confirmation ofThurgood Marshall to theU.S. Supreme Court,[8] while Miller did not vote on theCivil Rights Act of 1968.[9]
Miller was nominated by PresidentRichard Nixon on June 28, 1973, to a seat on theUnited States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals vacated by JudgeJ. Lindsay Almond. He was confirmed by theUnited States Senate on June 28, 1973, and received his commission on July 6, 1973. He was reassigned byoperation of law on October 1, 1982, to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, to a new seat authorized by 96 Stat. 25. He assumedsenior status on June 6, 1985. His service terminated on August 29, 1994, due to his death.[1]
Miller retired toTemple Terrace, Florida, where he died on August 29, 1994. He is interred atArlington National Cemetery.[10]
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| Preceded by | Republican nominee forUnited States Senator fromIowa (Class 2) 1960,1966,1972 | Succeeded by |
| U.S. Senate | ||
| Preceded by | United States Senator (Class 2) from Iowa 1961–1973 Served alongside:Bourke B. Hickenlooper,Harold Hughes | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Ranking Member of theSenate Agriculture Committee 1971–1973 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Associate Judge of theUnited States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals 1973–1982 | Seat abolished |
| Preceded by Seat established by 96 Stat. 25 | Judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 1982–1985 | Succeeded by |
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