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Senate Years of Service: 2000-2005 Party: Democrat
MILLER, Zell Bryan, a Senator from Georgia; born in Young Harris, Georgia, on February
24, 1932; graduated Young Harris College 1951; served in U.S. marine corps
1953-1956; graduated University of Georgia 1957, Masters degree 1958;
businessman; professor of political science and history; mayor of Young Harris
1959-1960; Georgia state senator 1961-1964; member, state Board of Pardons and
Paroles 1973-1975; lieutenant governor of Georgia 1975-1991; Governor of
Georgia 1991-1999; appointed on July 24, 2000, as a Democrat to the United
States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Paul Coverdell; took
the oath of office on July 27, 2000; elected as a Democrat to the United States
Senate in a November 2000 special election for the remainder of the term, and
served from July 27, 2000, to January 3, 2005; was not a candidate for election
in 2004; member, American Battle Monuments Commission, 2005-.
BibliographyMiller, Zell. Corps Values: Everything You Need to Know I
Learned in the Marines. Atlanta, GA: Longstreet Press, Inc., 1996;
Miller, Zell.
A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative
Democrat. Atlanta, Ga.: Stroud and Hall Publishers,
2003.
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