Clement Woodnutt Miller

Clement Woodnutt Miller
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 1st district
In office January 3, 1959 – October 7, 1962
Preceded by	Hubert B. Scudder
Succeeded by	Don H. Clausen
Personal details
Born	October 28, 1916 Wilmington, Delaware
Died	October 7, 1962 (aged 45) near Eureka, California
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Katharine Southerland Miller
Education	Lawrenceville School, Williams College

Clement Woodnutt Miller (October 28, 1916 – October 7, 1962) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from California from 1959 to 1962. He was killed in a plane crash during his second term in office.

Early life and career

Clement Miller was born in Wilmington, Delaware on October 28, 1916. He graduated from the Lawrenceville School, from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1940, and briefly attended Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations in 1946.

He enlisted in the United States Army in 1940, serving as a private in the Two Hundred and Fifty-eighth Field Artillery Regiment. He was discharged in 1945 as a captain. During his military career, he had service in the Netherlands and Germany.

He became a veterans service officer in Nevada in 1946 and an employment service official for the State of Nevada, in 1947. He then became a field examiner and hearing officer for the National Labor Relations Board for Northern California from 1948 to 1953. He became a landscape consultant in 1954.

Tenure in Congress

He ran for Congress in 1956 but was unsuccessful. He ran again in 1958 and was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth Congress. In 1960, he was re-elected to the Eighty-seventh Congress. Of note, Miller authored the legislation that established Point Reyes National Seashore.

He served in Congress from January 3, 1959, until his death in an airplane accident near Eureka, California on October 7, 1962. He was interred in Point Reyes National Seashore, north of San Francisco, California.

Legacy

He was a grandson of Charles R. Miller and a nephew of Thomas W. Miller, and the grandfather of poet and rapper George Watsky.

Miller was elected posthumously to the Eighty-eighth Congress.

Author of the book Member of the House: Letters of a Congressman.^[1]

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99)

References

• "Rebels With a Cause": film describes Rep. Miller's establishment of the National Seashore http://rebelsdocumentary.org/
• The Clem Miller Environmental Education Center http://www.ptreyes.org/school-program/clem-miller-environmental-education-center

• United States Congress. "Clement Woodnutt Miller (id: M000719)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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