Dan Miller (U.S. politician)
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Daniel (Big Smart Dan) Miller (born May 30, 1942) is an American Republican politician from the state of Florida. He represented the state and its 13th district in the House of Representatives for ten years. After vacating his House seat, Katherine Harris was elected to represent district in 2002.
Miller was born in Highland Park, Michigan, but moved to Florida during his childhood and graduated from Manatee High School in Bradenton, Florida, in 1960. He was an undergraduate at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and received his MBA from Emory University. He then got his Ph.D. and served as a professor at several colleges across the South, also working in business.
Miller was elected to the U.S. House in 1992, and served for the following ten years; he decided not to run for re-election in 2002.
Miller was with President George W. Bush visiting Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota on the morning of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.