| − | Though Miller served in the House as a Democrat, he was at the<ref name=house/>time of his death a registered [[Republican Party|Republican]], like his son, Representative Gregory Miller.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=1712321|title=Ralph Miller, April 1934; the list is maintained only with the names of living persons|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 3, 2017}}</ref> | + | Though Miller served in the House as a Democrat, he was at the<ref name=house/> time of his death a registered [[Republican Party|Republican]], like his son, Representative Gregory Miller.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=1712321|title=Ralph Miller, April 1934; the list is maintained only with the names of living persons|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 3, 2017}}</ref> |
| | Representative Miller was the chairman of the House committees on the Administration of Criminal Justice and Municipal, Parochial, and Cultural Affairs. He was a member of the Council of the Louisiana State Law Institute. Miller was one of the "Young Turks," who in the 1970's brought forth legislative reforms, including accountability and independence from the [[governor]]. The acknowledged leader of the "Young Turks," Edgerton L. “Bubba” Henry, then of Jonesboro in Jackson Parish in north Louisiana and a former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives who has practiced law in Baton Rouge for years, once told Gregory Miller that Ralph Miller, who maintained scores of legislative friendships over the years, “didn’t have a mean or ugly bone in his body.”<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://stcharlesheraldguide.net/details.php?id=18457|title=Longtime state rep Ralph Miller remembered among legislative "Young Turks" passes away|author=Anna Thibodeaux|publisher=''St. Charles Herald Guide''|accessdate=April 7, 2017}}</ref> Miller worked for construction in St. Charles Parish of the Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge in Luling, the East Bank (of the [[Mississippi River]]) Hurricane Levee, and the preservation of LaBranche Wetlands from commercial development. Larry Cochran, the president of the St. Charles Parish government said that Miller was “one of the most respected public servants in St. Charles Parish and we are grateful for his service.”<ref name=bio/> | | Representative Miller was the chairman of the House committees on the Administration of Criminal Justice and Municipal, Parochial, and Cultural Affairs. He was a member of the Council of the Louisiana State Law Institute. Miller was one of the "Young Turks," who in the 1970's brought forth legislative reforms, including accountability and independence from the [[governor]]. The acknowledged leader of the "Young Turks," Edgerton L. “Bubba” Henry, then of Jonesboro in Jackson Parish in north Louisiana and a former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives who has practiced law in Baton Rouge for years, once told Gregory Miller that Ralph Miller, who maintained scores of legislative friendships over the years, “didn’t have a mean or ugly bone in his body.”<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://stcharlesheraldguide.net/details.php?id=18457|title=Longtime state rep Ralph Miller remembered among legislative "Young Turks" passes away|author=Anna Thibodeaux|publisher=''St. Charles Herald Guide''|accessdate=April 7, 2017}}</ref> Miller worked for construction in St. Charles Parish of the Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge in Luling, the East Bank (of the [[Mississippi River]]) Hurricane Levee, and the preservation of LaBranche Wetlands from commercial development. Larry Cochran, the president of the St. Charles Parish government said that Miller was “one of the most respected public servants in St. Charles Parish and we are grateful for his service.”<ref name=bio/> |