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Herman Julius Miller Full Name: Herman Julius Miller Date of birth: April 28, 1865 Date of death: September 10, 1938 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note 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 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. Descendants of Hermann Eduard Miller. 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 Informationtop 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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