Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Eugene Miller

Full Name: Eugene Miller
Birth date: January 25, 1899
Death date: July 8, 1948

Terms of Service

Senate, 41st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ & 40th ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislatures
1/11/1927 - 1/13/1931
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, 1st C.S., elected 4/22/1929.
Senate, 39th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/13/1925 - 1/11/1927
Democrat
House, 38th Legislature
1/9/1923 - 1/13/1925
Democrat
House, 37th Legislature
1/11/1921 - 1/9/1923
Democrat

(1) "Fifteen State Senators Must Seek Re-Election in Summer", 1/3/1930, p. 2. Big Spring Daily Herald .
(2) 39th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/15/1925, pp. 34-35. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(3) 39th Legislature - All 31 Senators were elected on November 4, 1924, per Secretary of State, oath of office administered, 1/13/1925, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(4) 41st Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(5) 40th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/11/1927, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(6) 40th Legislature - Certificate of New Senators and Roll Call of New Senators, 1/11/1927, p. 1. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Photographs

Photograph. Eugene Miller, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Eugene Miller, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Eugene Miller, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Eugene Miller, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Eugene Miller, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Eugene Miller, birth date 1/25/1899 in New York, death date 7/8/1948 in Weatherford, Parker County, Texas, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Eugene Miller, birth date 1/25/1899, death date 7/8/1948, burial in Bethesda Cemetery, Garner, Parker County. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/28/1929, p. 3. Houston Post-Dispatch .
Mentioned as a leading opponent of anti-evolution bills in the 1920's, p. 58 (HB 97, 38th Legislature, R.S.; HB 378, 39th Legislature, R.S.; HB 90, 41st Legislature, R.S.). Ledbetter, Patsy. "Defense of the Faith: J. Frank Norris and Texas Fundamentalism, 1920-1929," Arizona and the West, Vol. 15, No. 1, Spring, 1973, pp. 45-62. JSTOR .
"Police Convinced Candidate Not Killed by 'Left Wingers,'" 7/9/1948, p. 4. Laredo Times .
Account of Miller's experience as an orphan train rider. Miller was murdered at the home of his adoptive sisters in 1948. Orphan Train Collection 2004.
"Seven University of Texas Students are Members of Legislature; One is Senator," 1/12/1925, p. 11. San Antonio Express .