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  Miller, George P.
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NameGeorge P. Miller
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Alameda, California , United States
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Born January 15, 1891
DiedDecember 29, 1982 (91 years)
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Tags Married - Army - Catholic -
Info born in San Francisco, Calif., January 15, 1891; attended public and private schools; was graduated from St. Mary?s (Calif.) College in 1912; engaged as a civil engineer 1912-1917; during the First World War served as a lieutenant in the Thirty-sixth and Three Hundred and Forty-sixth Field Artillery 1917-1919; member of the staff, United States Veterans? Bureau, 1921-1925; resumed activities as a civil engineer; also co-owner of a travel agency in San Francisco; member of the California State assembly 1937-1941; was executive secretary to the California Division of Fish and Game 1942-1944; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1973); chairman, Committee on Science and Astronautics (Eighty-seventh through Ninety-second Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress; was a resident of Alameda, Calif., until his death there on December 29, 1982; interment in San Francisco National Cemetery, Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif.

Elected to the Assembly from the 14th District in 1936 and 1938.

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  06/06/1972 CA District 08 - D Primary Lost 21.47% (-34.18%)
  11/03/1970 CA District 8 Won 69.00% (+37.99%)
  06/02/1970 CA District 08 - D Primary Won 72.59% (+55.55%)
  11/05/1968 CA District 8 Won 64.02% (+28.04%)
  06/04/1968 CA District 8 - D Primary Won 62.96% (+36.09%)
  11/08/1966 CA District 8 Won 65.44% (+30.88%)
  06/07/1966 CA District 08 - D Primary Won 84.01% (+68.02%)
  11/03/1964 CA District 8 Won 70.25% (+40.50%)
  11/06/1962 CA District 8 Won 72.49% (+44.99%)
  11/08/1960 CA District 8 Won 62.01% (+24.02%)
  11/04/1958 CA District 8 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  06/03/1958 CA District 8 - R Primary Won 46.76% (+12.63%)
  06/03/1958 CA District 8 - D Primary Won 94.22% (+90.83%)
  11/06/1956 CA District 8 Won 65.60% (+31.20%)
  11/02/1954 CA District 8 Won 65.40% (+30.79%)
  06/08/1954 CA District 8 - D Primary Won 90.80% (+81.60%)
  06/08/1954 CA District 8 - R Primary Lost 42.32% (-15.35%)
  11/04/1952 CA District 8 Won 99.94% (+99.89%)
  11/07/1950 CA District 6 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/02/1948 CA District 6 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/05/1946 CA District 6 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/07/1944 CA District 6 Won 52.00% (+4.01%)
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