Ward MacLaughlin MILLER, Congress, OH (1902-1984)

MILLER Ward MacLaughlin , a Representative from Ohio; born in Portsmouth, Ohio, November 29, 1902; graduate of Portsmouth High School; Ohio State University, A.B., 1923; Harvard University, A.M., 1931; assistant to Irving Babbitt (Harvard University) 1929-1931; on editorial staff, Bookman Magazine, 1931-1933; engaged in real estate business, 1935-1980; member of the Ohio Board of Education 1955-1980; member of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, Great Britain; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-sixth Congress in 1960 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James G. Polk and served from November 8, 1960, to January 3, 1961; was not a candidate in 1960 to the Eighty-seventh Congress; was a resident of Portsmouth, Ohio, until his death there on March 11, 1984; interment in Greenlawn Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present