William Jennings Miller (March 12, 1899 - November 22, 1950) was a U.S. Representative

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 from Connecticut

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Born in North Andover, Massachusetts

North Andover, Massachusetts

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, Miller attended the public schools.
He was graduated from Cannon's Commercial College, Lawrence, Massachusetts

Lawrence, Massachusetts

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, in 1917.
During the First World War enlisted August 5, 1917, as a private in the United States Army

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 and served in the Air Service in the 80th Aero Squadron and 1104 Aero Squadrons.
Later commissioned a second lieutenant.
Injured in an airplane crash in France in 1918, resulting in the loss of both legs.
He was discharged April 26, 1919.
Patient in United States veterans' hospitals 1919-1931.
He moved to Wethersfield, Connecticut

Wethersfield, Connecticut

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, in 1926.
He engaged in the insurance business in 1931.

Miller was elected as a Republican

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 to the Seventy-sixth

76th United States Congress

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 Congress (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1941).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress

77th United States Congress

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Miller was elected to the Seventy-eighth Congress

78th United States Congress

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 (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1945).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress

79th United States Congress

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Miller was elected in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress

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 (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1949).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress

81st United States Congress

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He resumed the general insurance business.
He died in Wethersfield, Connecticut

Wethersfield, Connecticut

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, November 22, 1950.
He was interred in Jordan Cemetery, Waterford, Connecticut

Waterford, Connecticut

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