Andrew Miller Papers, 1921-1922
Collection Overview
Title: Andrew Miller Papers, 1921-1922
ID: OGLMC1025
Extent: 0.25 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 00/00/1985
Subjects: Legal, Politics and Government
Languages: English
Abstract
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Collection Historical Note
Andrew Miller was born November 16, 1870, in Denmark, and moved to the United States with his parents when he was two years old. He went on to study law and was admitted to the Iowa bar in 1894. On May 28, 1896, he married Ava Mabel Wing with whom he raised a family of four children.
Miller won his first political office in 1896 when he was elected County Attorney for Winnebago County, Iowa. He served as Mayor of Forest City, Iowa, for four years from 1897 to 1901. In 1903 he ran for the Iowa state legislature but lost.
In 1905 Miller moved to Bismarck, North Dakota, and began to practice law. Two years later he was appointed to the position of Assistant Attorney General of North Dakota which led to his election in 1908 as North Dakota Attorney General, a job he held from January 1909 to January 1915. In 1914 he challenged incumbent Asle Gronna in the Republican primary election for the United States Senate but lost. He was nominated by President Warren Harding to be United States District Judge for the District of North Dakota in 1921. He was confirmed by the Senate in 1922 and served as District Judge for nineteen years retiring in 1941.
Andrew Miller died March 17, 1960, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source: National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Acquisition Method: Photocopied from the National Archives in June 1985; 85-1388.
Original/Copies Note: The collection was photocopied from the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
Related Materials: North Dakota Citizens Clean Court Committee Records: OGLMC 968
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item) Andrew Miller Papers. OGLMC 1025. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections. Chester Fritz Library. University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in July 2012.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Hearings - Transcript of Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Confirmation of Andrew Miller to be U.S. Judge for the District of North Dakota, January 1922
- Folder 2: Correspondence favoring Andrew Miller for U.S. Judge for the District of North Dakota, July 1921-January 1922
- Folder 3: Correspondence opposing Andrew Miller for U.S. Judge for the District of North Dakota, December 1921-January 1922
- Folder 4: Sworn Statements regarding Andrew Miller Nomination as U.S. Judge for the District of North Dakota, January 1922
- Folder 5: Correspondence Requesting Delay of Senate Hearings, December 1921-January 1922
- Folder 6: Miscellaneous, 1903-1922
- Folder 1: Hearings - Transcript of Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Confirmation of Andrew Miller to be U.S. Judge for the District of North Dakota, January 1922