Herman J. Miller

Herman Julius Miller

Full Name: Herman Julius Miller
Date of birth: April 28, 1865
Date of death: September 10, 1938

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

Terms of Service top

House District 71
Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921
Legislatures: 36th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Bellville / Austin
Counties in district: Austin, Colorado
House District 71
Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919
Legislatures: 35th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Bellville / Austin
Counties in district: Austin, Colorado
House District 71
Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917
Legislatures: 34th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Bellville / Austin
Counties in district: Austin, Colorado

Biographical Information 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

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

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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