Barry Miller

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

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	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⁾ 27th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Dallas / Dallas	Senate President Pro Tempore (27th)	Dallas, Rockwall

(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.

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House District 44
Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923
Legislatures: 37th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Dallas / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas

House District 44-1
Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921
Legislatures: 36th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Dallas / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas

House District 44
Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919
Legislatures: 35th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Dallas / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas

Senate District 6
Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 13, 1903
Legislatures: 27th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ 26th ⁽⁴⁾ 27th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (27th)
(27th)
(27th)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Dallas / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas, Rockwall

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Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

43rd Legislature, 1st C.S., 9/14/1933, p. 27. Resolutions - Memorial.
43rd Legislature, 1st C.S., Senate Simple Resolution 19, 10/10/1933, pp. 307-310. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

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.

Other Resources

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, 1890-1976.

Photographs

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

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

26th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
27th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, north wall. 3E.5). 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.
37th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

37th R.S. - 1921 Banks and Banking Congressional Districts Constitutional Amendments Judiciary Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Rules (Chair)
36th R.S. - 1919 Banks and Banking Game and Fisheries Judiciary Municipal and Private Corporations Rules (Chair)
35th R.S. - 1917 Banks and Banking Charges Against James E. Ferguson, Governor, Investigate Commerce and Manufactures Donation of John Tarleton College to the State, Investigate Judiciary Juvenile Reforms (Vice Chair) Municipal Corporations Reforms in Civil Procedure Reforms in Criminal Procedure
27th R.S. - 1901 Commerce and Manufactures Judiciary No. 2 Public Buildings and Grounds Roads, Bridges and Ferries (Chair) Rules State Affairs State Penitentiaries Towns and City Corporations
26th R.S. - 1899 Commerce and Manufactures Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 2 Military Affairs Public Health Public Printing Towns and City Corporations (Chair)

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