Zell Miller | |
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![]() Portrait, c. 2000–2005 | |
United States Senator from Georgia | |
In office July 24, 2000 – January 3, 2005 | |
Appointed by | Roy Barnes |
Preceded by | Paul Coverdell |
Succeeded by | Johnny Isakson |
79th Governor of Georgia | |
In office January 14, 1991 – January 11, 1999 | |
Lieutenant | Pierre Howard |
Preceded by | Joe Frank Harris |
Succeeded by | Roy Barnes |
8th Lieutenant Governor of Georgia | |
In office January 14, 1975 – January 14, 1991 | |
Governor | George Busbee Joe Frank Harris |
Preceded by | Lester Maddox |
Succeeded by | Pierre Howard |
Member of the Georgia State Senate from the 50th district | |
In office January 14, 1963 – January 11, 1965 | |
Preceded by | Hamilton McWhorter, Jr. |
Succeeded by | Robert King Ballew |
Member of the Georgia State Senate from the 40th district | |
In office January 9, 1961 – January 14, 1963 | |
Preceded by | Russell Ellis Cannon |
Succeeded by | Dan I. MacIntyre III |
Mayor of Young Harris | |
In office 1959–1960 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Zell Bryan Miller February 24, 1932 Young Harris, Georgia, U.S. |
Died | March 23, 2018 Young Harris, Georgia, U.S. | (aged 86)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | |
Children | 2 |
Education | Young Harris College University of Georgia (BA, MA) |
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Military service | |
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Years of service | 1953–1956 |
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Zell Bryan Miller (February 24, 1932 – March 23, 2018) was a former United States Senator from Georgia. Miller was Lieutenant Governor from 1975 to 1991, 79th Governor of Georgia from 1991 to 1999, and as United States Senator from 2000 to 2005.[1]
He wrote a book A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat. The book spent nine weeks in the New York Times Best Seller list for hardback non-fiction.[2]
Miller died on March 23, 2018, at his home in Young Harris, Georgia from Parkinson's disease, aged 86.[3][4]