Barry Miller (Texas politician)

Barry Miller (politician)

Barry Miller (1864–1933) was a Texas state legislator and lieutenant governor from 1925 - 1931.

Early life

Miller was born on December 25, 1864 in Barnwell, South Carolina, the son of Thomas Johnson Miller and Rachel Barry. Miller married Minnie H. Miller (no close relation) in 1885, eventually residing at his wife's family home, Millermore.

Political career

Miller was a lawyer and was elected as a Democratic Texas state Senator in 1899 representing Dallas County. He served four terms and was chosen president pro tem in the Twenty-seventh Legislature.

Miller was then a campaign manager for U.S. Senator Charles A. Culberson. In 1911, he was appointed a Judge of the Criminal District Court in Dallas County and Miller was reelected in 1915. In 1916, Miller was elected to a vacant State Representative seat in Dallas as a Democrat. Miller was a vocal opponent of the Ku Klux Klan.

Defeated for reelection in 1922, Miller ran for Lieutenant Governor along with other Anti-Klan candidates, Miriam A. Ferguson for Governor and Dan Moody for Attorney General in 1924 and the ticket was overwhelmingly elected in the Democratic Party primary run-off. Miller was reelected as Lieutenant Governor in 1926 and 1928.

In 1930, Miller was unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Texas, losing the Democratic nomination in a very crowded field to Houston oilman Ross Sterling.

Miller died on June 20, 1933 at Millermore in Dallas County.

References

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