Louis Ebenezer MILLER, Congress, MO (1899-1952)

MILLER, Louis Ebenezer, a Representative from Missouri; born in Willisburg, Washington County, Ky., April 30, 1899; attended the grade schools of Washington County, Ky., Springfield (Ky.) High School, and St. Mary’s College, St. Marys, Kans.; during the First World War served as a private; was graduated from the law department of St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo., in 1921; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in St. Louis, Mo.; member of the Republican city central committee of St. Louis 1936-1942; member of the advisory council of the Republican National Committee in 1943; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1940; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1945); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress; continued the practice of law in St. Louis, Mo., until his death there November 1, 1952; interment in Calvary Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present