Dan Miller (U.S. politician)

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Dan Miller

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 13th district
In office 1992–2002
Preceded by	Porter J. Goss
Succeeded by	Katherine Harris

Born	May 30, 1942 Highland Park, Michigan
Political party	Republican

Daniel 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 the 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. He also developed a successful business career, working with his father Don Sr. and brother Don Jr. on a restaurant, nursing home and real estate development. In 1992, Miller decided to run for Congress after the incumbent Andy Ireland stepped down.

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, honoring his self-imposed term limit of 10 years.

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^[1], and opposed earmarking. Miller also served as chairman of the subcommittee on the United States Census, overseeing the 2000 decennial census, a position he was uniquely qualified to hold as a former statistics professor.

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.

[edit] Electoral history

Florida's 13th congressional district: Results 1992–2006^[2]
Year	Democrat	Votes	Pct	Republican	Votes	Pct
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.

[edit] References

^ Chris Edwards, "Why Congress Should Repeal Sugar Subsidy," http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8381
^ Election Statistics. Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Retrieved on 2008-01-10.

[edit] External links

Entry in the Congressional Biographical Dictionary

Preceded by Andy Ireland and Porter J. Goss	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 13th congressional district 1993–2003	Succeeded by Katherine Harris