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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 ending 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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