Jeff Miller | |
Office: | Chair of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee |
Term Start: | January 3, 2011 |
Term End: | January 3, 2017 |
Predecessor: | Bob Filner |
Successor: | Phil Roe |
State2: | Florida |
Term Start2: | October 16, 2001 |
Term End2: | January 3, 2017 |
Predecessor2: | Joe Scarborough |
State House3: | Florida |
District3: | 1st |
Term Start3: | November 3, 1998 |
Term End3: | October 16, 2001 |
Predecessor3: | Jerry Burroughs |
Successor3: | Greg Evers |
Birth Name: | Jefferson Bingham Miller |
Birth Date: | 27 June 1959 |
Birth Place: | St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. |
Party: | Republican (1997–present) |
Otherparty: | Democratic (before 1997) |
Spouse: | Vicki Miller |
Education: | University of Florida (BA) |
Jefferson Bingham Miller (born June 27, 1959) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2001 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party, his district included all of Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Okaloosa County, Walton County, Holmes County and Washington County.
Miller was born in St. Petersburg, Florida. After graduating from Bronson High School in 1977, he served for one year under the National FFA Organization as Florida state secretary. Miller went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts in journalism[1] from the University of Florida in 1984.[2] He was a real estate broker and a deputy sheriff before taking public office.[3]
Miller lives in the small town of Chumuckla, Florida (Native American word for "Healing Waters"), which is located about 20 miles northeast of Pensacola, Florida. He and his wife Vicki have two children and four grandchildren and were members of Olive Baptist Church.
Miller was an executive assistant to Democratic state Agriculture Commissioner Doyle Conner from 1984 to 1988. He was a Democrat until he switched parties in 1997.[4]
Miller was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from November 3, 1998, to October 16, 2001.[2] During his three years there, he was a member of the committees on Utilities & Telecommunications, Congressional Redistricting, Council for Ready Infrastructure, and Rules, Ethics & Elections. During his second term in the state house, Miller was chairman of the Utilities of Telecommunications Committee. He also oversaw a board in charge of community development in Escambia County.
After Republican incumbent Joe Scarborough resigned five months into his fourth term, Miller won a crowded six-way special Republican primary with 54 percent of the vote. By this time, the 1st had become the most Republican district in Florida, and one of the most Republican districts in the South. Thus, for all intents and purposes, Miller assured himself of becoming the district's next congressman with his primary victory. He won the special election with 66 percent of the vote. He won a full term in 2002 with 75 percent of the vote, and was reelected six more times with only nominal opposition, never dropping below 69 percent of the vote. He didn't face a major-party challenger in 2006 or 2010.
Miller announced on March 10, 2016, that he would not seek reelection during the 2016 elections.[5]
During the 107th Congress, he served on the House Armed Services Committee (Subcommittee on Total Force[7] and the Subcommittee on Military Research and Development[7]) and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.[3]
During the 108th Congress, he served on the House Armed Services Committee (Subcommittee on Readiness[8] and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities[8]) and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.[9]
During the 109th Congress, he served on the House Armed Services Committee (Subcommittee on Readiness[10] the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities,[10] and the Subcommittee on Projection Forces[10]), the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and the United States Select Bipartisan Committee on Hurricane Katrina Preparation/Response Investigation.[11]
This is a partial list of legislation sponsored by Miller.
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