Jack Miller

For other persons named Jack Miller, see Jack Miller (disambiguation).

Jack Richard Miller (b. June 6, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois - d. August 29, 1994) was a Republican United States Senator from Iowa, who served two terms from 1961 to 1973.

Miller first moved to Sioux City, Iowa in 1932. He attended The Oratory School in England, before moving to Creighton University and The Catholic University of America, got a law degree from Columbia University in 1946, and did postgraduate study at State University of Iowa's College of Law.

Miller served with the United States Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1946, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel. During this time his service included the China Burma India Theater of World War II, the faculty at the Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and duty at Air Force Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Miller was first elected to a member of the Iowa state house of representatives in 1955; he was elected to the Iowa state senate in 1957, and first elected to the United States Senate in 1960. He was reelected in 1966, but in 1972 lost his seat to Dick Clark.

After his stint in the Senate, Miller was appointed by President Richard Nixon as a judge on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals in 1973; he became a Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by operation of the Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982. He took senior status in 1985.

Miller retired to Temple Terrace, Florida where he died in 1994. He is interred in Arlington National Cemetery.

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(2004) United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: A History: 1990–2002 / compiled by members of the Advisory Council to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in celebration of the court's twentieth anniversary.. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. LCCN 2004-050209.