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Barry Miller

Barry Miller

Full Name: Philip Barry Miller
Date of birth: December 25, 1864
Date of death: June 20, 1933

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 44 Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923 37th   Democrat Dallas / Dallas   Dallas
H 44-1 Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921 36th   Democrat Dallas / Dallas   Dallas
H 44 Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919 35th (1)   Democrat Dallas / Dallas   Dallas
S 6 Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 13, 1903 27th (2) (3)   26th (4)   Democrat Dallas / Dallas Senate President Pro Tempore (27th)   Dallas, Rockwall

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Dallas, Dallas County. "District No. 44. Barry Miller, J.W. Parks, John E. Davis and Chas. O. Laney, all of Dallas, composed of the county of Dallas," p. 5. House Journal. ↩
(2) 27th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 1/8/1901, Regular Session. Senate Journal. ↩
(3) 27th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1901, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. ↩
(4) 26th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1899, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
37th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Dallas / Dallas
Counties in district:
Dallas

Legislatures:
36th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Dallas / Dallas
Counties in district:
Dallas

Legislatures:
35th (1)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Dallas / Dallas
Counties in district:
Dallas

Legislatures:
27th (2) (3)   26th (4)  
Leadership role:
Senate President Pro Tempore (27th)
(26th)
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Dallas / Dallas
Counties in district:
Dallas, Rockwall

Terms of service notes


(1) Dallas, Dallas County. "District No. 44. Barry Miller, J.W. Parks, John E. Davis and Chas. O. Laney, all of Dallas, composed of the county of Dallas," p. 5. House Journal. ↩
(2) 27th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 1/8/1901, Regular Session. Senate Journal. ↩
(3) 27th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1901, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. ↩
(4) 26th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1899, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. ↩

Biographical Information

  • Philip Barry Miller of Barnwell, South Carolina, ex-State Senator, marriage to Minnie H. Miller, 11/9/1885. "This family live at 'Millermore,' the old home, where William Brown Miller, Senior, settled when he went to Texas in 1846, five miles south of Dallas, and three miles from its suburb, Oak Cliff . . . ," History and Genealogies of the Families of Miller, Woods, Harris, Wallace, Maupin, Oldham, Kavanaugh, and Brown with Interspersions of Notes of the Families of Dabney, Reid, Martin, Broaddus, Gentry, Jarman, Jameson, Ballard, Mullins, Michie, Moberley, Covington, Browning, Duncan, Yancey and Others, by W. H. Miller, Richmond, Kentucky, 1907, p. 145. Google Books.
  • MILLER, BARRY (1864-1933). Handbook of Texas Online.
  • 28th Lieutenant Governor: Barry Miller. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
  • Included in biographical sketch of son William B. Miller, Volume IV, p. 130. Texas Under Many Flags, 1930.
  • Biographical sketch, Barry Miller, p. 55. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.

  • Census of 1900 - Barry Miller, Justice Precinct 7, Eagle Fort Voting Precinct, Dallas County, age 36, born December 1864 in South Carolina, lawyer and farmer, spouse Minni Miller, sons Tom, Will, and Phillip, and daughter Evelyn.
    Census of 1910 - Barry Meller [sic: Miller], Justice Precinct 7, Dallas County, age 45, born circa 1865 in South Carolina, lawyer - general practice, spouse Minnie, sons Will and Philip, daughter Evelyn.
    Census of 1920 - Philip Barry Miller, Justice Precinct 7, Dallas County, age 55, born circa 1865 in Texas, attorney - own office, spouse Minnie H. Miller, daughter Evelyn.
    Census of 1930 - Barry Miller, Justice Precinct 7, Dallas County, age 65, born circa 1865 in North Carolina, occupation: "L. Governor," spouse Minnie H. Miller, son Tom. FamilySearch. 1900 1910 1920 1930
  • Barry Miller, birth date 12/25/1864 in Barnwell, South Carolina; death date 6/20/1933 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; attorney at law. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
    • Selected newspaper articles

  • Photograph. Barry Miller, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Barry Miller, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Barry Miller, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Barry Miller, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Barry Miller, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Barry Miller, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006

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