Art Miller Jr. | |
Office: | Member of the Michigan Senate |
Term Start: | April 19, 1977 |
Term End: | December 31, 2002 |
Predecessor: | John Bowman |
Successor: | Michael Switalski |
Constituency: | 27th district (1977–1994) 10th district (1995–2002) |
Birth Date: | 11 July 1946 |
Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan |
Death Place: | Royal Oak, Michigan |
Party: | Democratic |
Spouse: | Marsha |
Children: | Derek E. Miller |
Alma Mater: | Eastern Michigan University |
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Arthur Miller Jr. (July 11, 1946 – June 25, 2020) was a Democratic member of the Michigan Senate from 1977 through 2002 representing a portion of Macomb County. From April 1985 through 1996, he was the Democratic leader in the chamber.[1]
Miller graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a bachelor's degree in speech and political science. He served three terms on the Warren city council beginning in 1971. In 1977, Miller won election to the Senate in a special election. He won election to a full term in 1978, and served six more terms. He left the Senate in 2003 due to Michigan's term limits.[2]
Miller's father was the first mayor of Warren, and his son, Derek E. Miller, was the Macomb County treasurer and served in the Michigan House of Representatives.[3]
He died of lung cancer on June 25, 2020, in Royal Oak, Michigan at age 73.[4]