Edward E. Miller

For other people named Edward Miller, see Edward Miller (disambiguation).

Edward Edwin Miller (July 22, 1880 – August 1, 1946) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Born in Creston, Iowa, Miller attended the common schools. 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 Republican National Convention in 1912. He was the state treasurer of Illinois from 19211923.

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

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

Political offices
Preceded by
Fred E. Sterling
Treasurer of Illinois
1921–1923
Succeeded by
Oscar Nelson
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
William A. Rodenberg
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 22nd congressional district

1923-1925
Succeeded by
Edward M. Irwin
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