George P. Miller
George Paul Miller was a U.S. Representative from California.Life and career
Born in San Francisco, California, Miller attended public and private schools. He graduated from Saint Mary's College of California in 1912. and worked as a civil engineer from 1912 to 1917. During the First World War, he served as a lieutenant in the Thirty-sixth and Three Hundred and Forty-sixth Field Artillery 1917-1919. After serving as member of the United States Veterans' Bureau from 1921 to 1925, Miller resumed activities as a civil engineer. He was also co-owner of a travel agency in San Francisco. He served as member of the California State assembly 1937-1941. He was executive secretary to the California Division of Fish and Game 1942-1944.
on January 3, 1962 to gather firsthand information of the nation’s space exploration program.
Miller was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses. He served as chairman of the Committee on Science and Astronautics. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress, defeated in the Democratic primary by Pete Stark. He was a resident of Alameda, California, until his death there on December 29, 1982. He was interred in San Francisco National Cemetery, Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
