Howard Shultz Miller

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Howard Shultz Miller (February 27, 1879January 2, 1970) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.

Born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Miller moved with his family in 1882 to Morrill, Kansas. He attended the public schools of Brown County, and Sabetha (Kansas) High School. He taught school 1894-1899.

He graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Law in 1900. He was admitted to the bar in 1901 and began law practice in Kansas. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and as a lawyer 1901-1952.

Miller was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third Congress (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1955). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress and for election in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress. He is, as of 2007, the only Democrat in history to represent Kansas' 1st congressional district.

He died January 2, 1970, in Hiawatha, Kansas, and was interred in Morrill Cemetery, Morrill, Kansas.

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Preceded by
Albert M. Cole
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 1st congressional district

1953 - 1955
Succeeded by
William H. Avery