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==Personal==
==Personal==
His daughter is the TV, radio political [[talk show host]] [[stephanie Miller]] on [[Free Speech TV]].
His daughter is the TV, radio political [[talk show host]] [[Stephanie Miller]] of [[The Stephanie Miller Show]] on [[Free Speech TV]].

==References==
==References==
*Libby Miller Fitzgerald, "Bill Miller: Do You Know Me? A Daughter Remembers", Warwick House, 2004, ISBN 1-890306-73-8
*Libby Miller Fitzgerald, "Bill Miller: Do You Know Me? A Daughter Remembers", Warwick House, 2004, ISBN 1-890306-73-8

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This article is about the member of Congress. For the federal judge, see William Ernest Miller.
William E. Miller
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 40th district
In office
January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1965
Preceded byKenneth B. Keating
Succeeded byHenry P. Smith III
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 42nd district
In office
January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953
Preceded byWilliam L. Pfeiffer
Succeeded byJohn R. Pillion
43rd Chairman of the Republican National Committee
In office
1961–1964
Preceded byThruston B. Morton
Succeeded byDean Burch
Personal details
Born
William Edward Miller

March 22, 1914 (1914-03-22)
Lockport, New York
DiedJune 24, 1983 (1983-06-25) (aged 69)
Buffalo, New York
Political partyRepublican
SpouseStephanie Miller
Children4
ProfessionAttorney

William Edward Miller (March 22, 1914 – June 24, 1983) was a New York politician. He was the Republican Party nominee for Vice President of the United States in the 1964 election.[1] He was the only Catholic vice presidential nominee of the Republican Party until Paul Ryan in 2012.

Life and career

Miller was born in Lockport, New York, of Irish and German ancestry, the son of Edward J. Miller, a factory floor sweeper,[2] and Elizabeth Hinch, who owned a small millinery shop.[3] Miller attended the University of Notre Dame and Albany Law School. He served in the United States Army during World War II and later helped prosecute German war criminals at the Nuremberg trials. Miller was appointed district attorney of Niagara County, New York in 1948, by Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Miller served in the United States House of Representatives from 1951 to 1965 and was chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1961 to 1964.

Goldwater stated that he chose Miller to be his running mate simply because "he drives Johnson nuts" with his Republican activism. But by some other accounts, Johnson "was barely aware of Miller's existence." Miller's Eastern roots and Catholic faith balanced the ticket in some ways, but ideologically he was conservative like Goldwater. His relative obscurity—"he was better known for snipes at President Kennedy than for anything else"—gave birth to the refrain "Here's a riddle, it's a killer / Who the hell is William Miller?"[4]

Following the defeat of the Goldwater-Miller ticket, Miller returned to his hometown of Lockport, where he resumed his law practice. He also appeared in one of the first "Do you know me?" commercials for American Express.[5] He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

He and his wife Stephanie had three daughters and one son. His youngest daughter, Stephanie Miller, was a stand-up comedian in the 1980s, CNBC and late night TV host in the 1990s and is now a nationally syndicated liberal radio talk show host based on the West Coast. His son, William E. Miller, Jr. ran unsuccessfully as a Republican for the House of Representatives in 1992 and 1994 to represent New York's 29th district.[6]

Electoral history

New York's 42nd district, 1950[7]

  • William E. Miller (R) - 75,377 (58.57%)
  • Mary Louise Nice (D) - 53,310 (41.43%)

New York's 40th district, 1952[8]

  • William E. Miller (R) - 102,565 (59.64%)
  • E. Dent Lackey (D) - 69,087 (40.17%)
  • John Touralchuk (American Labor) - 329 (0.19%)

New York's 40th district, 1954[9]

  • William E. Miller (R) (inc.) - 77,016 (60.92%)
  • Mariano A. Lucca (D) - 46,956 (37.14%)
  • Louis Longo (Liberal) - 2,233 (1.77%)
  • Nick Curtis (American Labor) - 222 (0.18%)

New York's 40th district, 1956[10]

  • William E. Miller (R) (inc.) - 117,051 (64.34%)
  • A. Thorne Hills (D) - 64,872 (35.66%)

New York's 40th district, 1958[11]

  • William E. Miller (R) (inc.) - 90,066 (60.80%)
  • Mariano A. Lucca (D) - 54,728 (36.94%)
  • Hel J. Di Pota (Liberal) - 3,354 (2.26%)

New York's 40th district, 1960[12]

  • William E. Miller (R) (inc.) - 104,752 (53.62%)
  • Mariano A. Lucca (D) - 85,005 (43.51%)
  • Albert J. Taylor (Liberal) - 5,621 (2.88%)

New York's 40th district, 1962[13]

  • William E. Miller (R) (inc.) - 72,706 (52.04%)
  • E. Dent Lackey (D) - 67,004 (47.96%)

United States presidential election, 1964

  • Lyndon B. Johnson/Hubert Humphrey (D) - 43,127,041 (61.1%) and 486 electoral votes (44 states and D.C. carried)
  • Barry Goldwater/William E. Miller (R) - 27,175,754 (38.5%) and 52 electoral votes (6 states carried)
  • Unpledged electors (D) - 210,732 (0.3%) and 0 electoral votes

Personal

His daughter is the TV, radio political talk show host Stephanie Miller of The Stephanie Miller Show on Free Speech TV.

References

  • Libby Miller Fitzgerald, "Bill Miller: Do You Know Me? A Daughter Remembers", Warwick House, 2004, ISBN 1-890306-73-8
  1. ^ Fitzgerald, Libby. "William E. Miller: The Man Who Wanted To Be Vice President". Notre Dame Magazine. Archived from the original on 2006-12-12. Retrieved 2007-01-07. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ "Fighter for His Party; William Edward Miller". The New York Times. January 22, 1960.
  3. ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20061212060732/http://www.nd.edu/~ndmag/reflect/millervp.html
  4. ^ Perlstein, Rick (2002). Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus. p. 389.
  5. ^ Guess Who?, Time Magazine (Feb. 17, 1975)
  6. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller9.html#SAY1CDX5L
  7. ^ Our Campaigns - NY District 42 Race - Nov 07, 1950
  8. ^ Our Campaigns - NY District 40 Race - Nov 04, 1952
  9. ^ Our Campaigns - NY District 40 Race - Nov 02, 1954
  10. ^ Our Campaigns - NY District 40 Race - Nov 06, 1956
  11. ^ Our Campaigns - NY District 40 Race - Nov 04, 1958
  12. ^ Our Campaigns - NY District 40 Race - Nov 08, 1960
  13. ^ Our Campaigns - NY District 40 Race - Nov 06, 1962
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 42nd congressional district
1951–1953 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 40th congressional district
1953–1965 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Republican vice presidential nominee
1964 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairman of the Republican National Committee
1961–1964 		Succeeded by

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