William E. Miller
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 40th district |
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In office January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1965 |
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| Preceded by | Kenneth B. Keating |
| Succeeded by | Henry P. Smith III |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 42nd district |
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In office January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 |
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| Preceded by | William L. Pfeiffer |
| Succeeded by | John R. Pillion |
| 43rd Chairman of the Republican National Committee | |
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In office 1961–1964 |
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| Preceded by | Thruston B. Morton |
| Succeeded by | Dean Burch |
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William Edward Miller March 22, 1914 Lockport, New York, U.S. |
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June 24, 1983 (aged 69) Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Stephanie Wagner |
| Children | Stephanie Miller |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
William Edward Miller (March 22, 1914 – June 24, 1983) was a New York politician. He was the Republican Party nominee for Vice President of the United States in the 1964 election. He was the only Catholic vice presidential nominee of the Republican Party until Paul Ryan in 2012.
Miller was born in Lockport, New York, the son of Elizabeth (Hinch), who owned a small millinery shop, and Edward J. Miller, a factory floor sweeper. His paternal grandparents were German immigrants, and his mother was of Irish descent. Miller attended the University of Notre Dame and Albany Law School. He served in the United States Army during World War II and later helped prosecute German war criminals at the Nuremberg trials. Miller was appointed district attorney of Niagara County, New York in 1948, by Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Miller served in the United States House of Representatives from 1951 to 1965 and was chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1961 to 1964.
Goldwater stated that he chose Miller to be his running mate simply because "he drives Johnson nuts" with his Republican activism. But by some other accounts, Johnson "was barely aware of Miller's existence." Miller's Eastern roots and Catholic faith balanced the ticket in some ways, but ideologically he was conservative like Goldwater. His relative obscurity—"he was better known for snipes at President Kennedy than for anything else"—gave birth to the refrain "Here's a riddle, it's a killer / Who the hell is William Miller?"
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