Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	71	Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921	36th	Democrat	Bellville / Austin	Austin, Colorado
H	71	Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919	35th	Democrat	Bellville / Austin	Austin, Colorado
H	71	Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917	34th	Democrat	Bellville / Austin	Austin, Colorado

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

Obituary, "H.J. Miller, Prominent Citizen, Dies Saturday: Widely Known Over Texas and Had Served in Legislature," 9/15/1938, p. 1. Birth date 4/28/1865, death date 9/10/1938. "From 1914 to 1918 he served in the Texas legislature and it was here that he sponsored the free text book law, and through his diligent efforts, was largely responsible for its passage." Bellville Times.
Biographical sketch, Herman J. Miller, Volume II, pp. 751-752. Birth date 4/28/1865. Historical Review of South-east Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men of Its Commerce, Industry and Civic Affairs, 1910.
Biographical sketch and photo, Herman J. Miller, Bellville, "nominated on the democratic ticket in the July primaries for the legislature from the seventy-first district," born 1865 in Bellville. 11/8/1914, p. 9. Houston Post.

Other Resources

Herman J. Miller, birth date 4/28/1865, death date 9/10/1938, burial in Oak Knoll Cemetery, Bellville, Austin County. Find a Grave.
36th Legislature (1919) - Herman J. Miller, postoffice Bellville, nativity Texas, age 54 (born circa 1865), 54 years in Texas, farmer and banker, member of former legislatures: 34th-35th, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.
Herman Julius Miller, birth date 4/28/1865 in Bellville, Austin County, death date 9/10/1938 in Marlin, Falls County. Descendants of Hermann Eduard Miller, Pioneers, Austin County, TXGenWeb Project.
Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News.

Photographs

Photograph. Herman J. Miller, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. H.J. Miller, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. H.J. Miller, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

34th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
35th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
36th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

36th R.S. - 1919 Agriculture Banks and Banking Cotton Pricing Education Exterminating Pink Boll Worm, Investigate Penitentiaries
35th R.S. - 1917 Agriculture Public Buildings and Grounds Public Debt Roads, Bridges and Ferries Women's Confederate Home, Investigate
34th R.S. - 1915 Banks and Banking Mines and Mining Public Debt Public Lands and Land Office State Asylums

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