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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Gregory Allen Miller
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for District 56 (St. Charles Parish)
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| term_start=January 2012
| precede=Gary Smith, Jr.
| birth_date=May 30, 1962
| birth_place=Fort Sill, [[Oklahoma]], USA
| residence=Destrehan, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| spouse=Amy Elizabeth Pfrimmer Miller
| children=
| parents=[[Ralph R. Miller]] (father)
| alma_mater=De La Salle High School<br/>
[[Louisiana State University]]<br/>
LSU Law Center}}
'''Gregory Allen Miller''' (born May 30, 1962) is an [[United States|American]] [[attorney]] from Destrehan, [[Louisiana]], who in 2011 was elected as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 56, which encompasses much of St. Charles Parish] in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/gregory-miller/177433823|title=Gregory Miller (Allen)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=February 2, 2020}}<ref/>
==Background==
Miller was born at Fort Sill in Lawton, [[Oklahoma]], while his father, [[Ralph R. Miller]] (1934-2017),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theneworleansadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=184793690|title=Ralph R. Miller|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=April 2, 2017}}</ref> was stationed with the [[United States Army]]. His parents returned to Louisiana and Miller was reared primarily in his father's hometown of Norco, also in St. Charles Parish. Ralph Miller, a [[Democratic Party)|Democrat]], was elected as the state representative for St. Charles Parish from 1968 to 1980, and again from 1982 to 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024 (St. Charles Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives |accessdate=February 2, 2020}}</ref> Ralph Miller was a registered Republican voter at the time of his death.
Gregory Miller graduated from the [[Roman Catholic]] De La Salle High School in New Orleans.. In 1985, he received a bachelor's degree in [[political science]] from [[Louisiana State University]] in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. Three years later, he completed his legal degree from the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center and joined the Republican Party. Miller is also affiliated with the [[Chamber of Commerce]], Ducks Unlimited, the River Road Historical Society, Lions International, St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, and the [[Knights of Columbus]], the Catholic men's organization.<ref name=gamiller>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/09/st_charles_parish-based_56th_l.html|author=Mary Sparacello|title=St. Charles Parish-based 56th Louisiana House district draws trio of hopefuls|date=September 28, 2011|publisher=''Tthe New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=August 26, 2013}}</ref>
==Political career==
Miller grew up in the shadow of his father's reform legislative service, but Miller did not run for office until he witnessed the destructive aftermath of [[Hurricane Katrina]] in 2005:
<blockquote>I just felt that there was a lot missing in the way the state responded. We had a chance to really focus on what our priorities should be. ... The best schools, the best jobs, the best communities are nothing if they're under ten feet of water.<ref name=gamiller/></blockquote>
During his campaign in 2011, Miller identified his top legislative priorities as fiscal accountability and job creation:
<blockquote>Persistent high unemployment has forced too many of our young residents to leave the state for decent job opportunities. Clearly, we must strengthen our efforts to promote economic opportunities. As your state representative, I'll go anywhere, meet with anyone, and never stop working to create high-paying jobs for our citizens.<ref name=nolacom>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/07/gregory_miller_seeks_state_hou.html|title=Gregory Miller seeks state House seat in River Parishes|date=July 26, 2011|publisher=''The =New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=August 26, 2013}}</ref></blockquote>
Miller also said that improvements in drainage were essential on both the East and West banks of the [[Mississippi River]]. He cited the need for levees in St. Charles Parish strong enough to withstand [[hurricane]]s. Miller also committed to stronger ethics laws.<ref name=nolacom/>
Miller won the seat vacated by Representative Gary Smith, Jr., a Democrat who was instead elected to the state Senate. Miller defeated two opponents, one from each party: Republican Emile Garlepied, a former owner of a transportation company, and Democrat Ganesier "Ram" Ramchandran, a consulting engineer and a former member of the St. Charles Parish Council.<ref name=nolacom/> In the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 22, 2011, Miller failed by 110 votes to win the position outright.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref> In the second round of balloting on November 19, Miller easily won with 5,201 votes (62.3 percent) to 3,143 (37.7 percent) for Democrat Ganesier Ramachandran.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 19, 2011.</ref>
In 2013, Representative Miller voted to increase judicial pay, to repeal mandatory retirement ages for judges, and to lessen penalties for [[marijuana]] possession. He voted to forbid the state from enforcing federal firearms restrictions and to prevent the publication of the names of those with [[concealed weapon]] permits. Miller voted for [[surrogacy]] contracts for couples seeking another woman to bear their child. He also voted to bring state law in line with federal dictates on requirements of equal pay for equal work regardless of gender.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/134603/gregory-miller#.Uhwq6hUo4fS|title=Representative Gregory A. Miller|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=August 26, 2013}}</ref>
===Opposition to Marriage and Conscience Act===
On May 19, 2015, Miller was one of four [[Moderate Republicans]] on the House Civil Law and Procedure Committee—the others were [[Mike Pete Huval]] of Breaux Bridge, Nancy Landry of [[Lafayette]], and [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Gonzales in Ascension Parish -- who voted to table on a 10-2 vote the proposed Marriage and Conscience Act, authored by Republican then state Representative [[Mike Johnson]] of Bossier Parish, now the [[U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 4th congressional district. Johnson's bill was strongly backed by the [[conservative]] Louisiana Family Forum. Only fellow Republican [[Ray Garofalo]] of Chalmette in St. Bernard Parish, also a Moderate Republican, stood with Johnson. Republican [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]], who supported the legislation, then issued an [[executive order]] to implement the measure. Johnson said that his bill was intended to block the state government from pulling licenses or tax benefits from a company because of the owner's counter view of [[same-sex marriage]]. Among Democrats who opposed the measure were committee chairman Neil Abramson and Joseph Bouie, Jr., both of New Orleans, Patrick O. Jefferson of Arcadia in Bienville Parish, and Alfred C. Williams of Baton Rouge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/05/louisianas_religious_freedom_b.html|title=Louisiana's religious freedom bill effectively defeated in committee|date=May 19, 2015|author=Emily Lane|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=May 20, 2015}}</ref>
===Miller joins Democrats in choosing House Speaker===
On January 13, 2020, his first day as a state representative in his third term, Miller was among twenty-three Moderate Republican lawmakers, known as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]], who voted for Clay Schexnayder, whose election as House [[Speaker]] depended heavily on the votes of thirty-five Democratic lawmakers along with two [[Independent]] legislators, and the Republican dissenters. Democratic Governor [[John Bel Edwards]] made contacts on Schexnayder's behalf. The forty-five conservative Republicans in the House were outfoxed by the twenty-three Moderates.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 23, 2020.</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Politicians]]
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[[Category:Catholics]]
[[Category:Catholic Politicians]]
| name=Gregory Allen Miller
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for District 56 (St. Charles Parish)
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| term_start=January 2012
| precede=Gary Smith, Jr.
| birth_date=May 30, 1962
| birth_place=Fort Sill, [[Oklahoma]], USA
| residence=Destrehan, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| spouse=Amy Elizabeth Pfrimmer Miller
| children=
| parents=[[Ralph R. Miller]] (father)
| alma_mater=De La Salle High School<br/>
[[Louisiana State University]]<br/>
LSU Law Center}}
'''Gregory Allen Miller''' (born May 30, 1962) is an [[United States|American]] [[attorney]] from Destrehan, [[Louisiana]], who in 2011 was elected as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 56, which encompasses much of St. Charles Parish] in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/gregory-miller/177433823|title=Gregory Miller (Allen)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=February 2, 2020}}<ref/>
==Background==
Miller was born at Fort Sill in Lawton, [[Oklahoma]], while his father, [[Ralph R. Miller]] (1934-2017),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theneworleansadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=184793690|title=Ralph R. Miller|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=April 2, 2017}}</ref> was stationed with the [[United States Army]]. His parents returned to Louisiana and Miller was reared primarily in his father's hometown of Norco, also in St. Charles Parish. Ralph Miller, a [[Democratic Party)|Democrat]], was elected as the state representative for St. Charles Parish from 1968 to 1980, and again from 1982 to 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024 (St. Charles Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives |accessdate=February 2, 2020}}</ref> Ralph Miller was a registered Republican voter at the time of his death.
Gregory Miller graduated from the [[Roman Catholic]] De La Salle High School in New Orleans.. In 1985, he received a bachelor's degree in [[political science]] from [[Louisiana State University]] in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. Three years later, he completed his legal degree from the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center and joined the Republican Party. Miller is also affiliated with the [[Chamber of Commerce]], Ducks Unlimited, the River Road Historical Society, Lions International, St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, and the [[Knights of Columbus]], the Catholic men's organization.<ref name=gamiller>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/09/st_charles_parish-based_56th_l.html|author=Mary Sparacello|title=St. Charles Parish-based 56th Louisiana House district draws trio of hopefuls|date=September 28, 2011|publisher=''Tthe New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=August 26, 2013}}</ref>
==Political career==
Miller grew up in the shadow of his father's reform legislative service, but Miller did not run for office until he witnessed the destructive aftermath of [[Hurricane Katrina]] in 2005:
<blockquote>I just felt that there was a lot missing in the way the state responded. We had a chance to really focus on what our priorities should be. ... The best schools, the best jobs, the best communities are nothing if they're under ten feet of water.<ref name=gamiller/></blockquote>
During his campaign in 2011, Miller identified his top legislative priorities as fiscal accountability and job creation:
<blockquote>Persistent high unemployment has forced too many of our young residents to leave the state for decent job opportunities. Clearly, we must strengthen our efforts to promote economic opportunities. As your state representative, I'll go anywhere, meet with anyone, and never stop working to create high-paying jobs for our citizens.<ref name=nolacom>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/07/gregory_miller_seeks_state_hou.html|title=Gregory Miller seeks state House seat in River Parishes|date=July 26, 2011|publisher=''The =New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=August 26, 2013}}</ref></blockquote>
Miller also said that improvements in drainage were essential on both the East and West banks of the [[Mississippi River]]. He cited the need for levees in St. Charles Parish strong enough to withstand [[hurricane]]s. Miller also committed to stronger ethics laws.<ref name=nolacom/>
Miller won the seat vacated by Representative Gary Smith, Jr., a Democrat who was instead elected to the state Senate. Miller defeated two opponents, one from each party: Republican Emile Garlepied, a former owner of a transportation company, and Democrat Ganesier "Ram" Ramchandran, a consulting engineer and a former member of the St. Charles Parish Council.<ref name=nolacom/> In the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 22, 2011, Miller failed by 110 votes to win the position outright.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref> In the second round of balloting on November 19, Miller easily won with 5,201 votes (62.3 percent) to 3,143 (37.7 percent) for Democrat Ganesier Ramachandran.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 19, 2011.</ref>
In 2013, Representative Miller voted to increase judicial pay, to repeal mandatory retirement ages for judges, and to lessen penalties for [[marijuana]] possession. He voted to forbid the state from enforcing federal firearms restrictions and to prevent the publication of the names of those with [[concealed weapon]] permits. Miller voted for [[surrogacy]] contracts for couples seeking another woman to bear their child. He also voted to bring state law in line with federal dictates on requirements of equal pay for equal work regardless of gender.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/134603/gregory-miller#.Uhwq6hUo4fS|title=Representative Gregory A. Miller|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=August 26, 2013}}</ref>
===Opposition to Marriage and Conscience Act===
On May 19, 2015, Miller was one of four [[Moderate Republicans]] on the House Civil Law and Procedure Committee—the others were [[Mike Pete Huval]] of Breaux Bridge, Nancy Landry of [[Lafayette]], and [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Gonzales in Ascension Parish -- who voted to table on a 10-2 vote the proposed Marriage and Conscience Act, authored by Republican then state Representative [[Mike Johnson]] of Bossier Parish, now the [[U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 4th congressional district. Johnson's bill was strongly backed by the [[conservative]] Louisiana Family Forum. Only fellow Republican [[Ray Garofalo]] of Chalmette in St. Bernard Parish, also a Moderate Republican, stood with Johnson. Republican [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]], who supported the legislation, then issued an [[executive order]] to implement the measure. Johnson said that his bill was intended to block the state government from pulling licenses or tax benefits from a company because of the owner's counter view of [[same-sex marriage]]. Among Democrats who opposed the measure were committee chairman Neil Abramson and Joseph Bouie, Jr., both of New Orleans, Patrick O. Jefferson of Arcadia in Bienville Parish, and Alfred C. Williams of Baton Rouge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/05/louisianas_religious_freedom_b.html|title=Louisiana's religious freedom bill effectively defeated in committee|date=May 19, 2015|author=Emily Lane|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=May 20, 2015}}</ref>
===Miller joins Democrats in choosing House Speaker===
On January 13, 2020, his first day as a state representative in his third term, Miller was among twenty-three Moderate Republican lawmakers, known as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]], who voted for Clay Schexnayder, whose election as House [[Speaker]] depended heavily on the votes of thirty-five Democratic lawmakers along with two [[Independent]] legislators, and the Republican dissenters. Democratic Governor [[John Bel Edwards]] made contacts on Schexnayder's behalf. The forty-five conservative Republicans in the House were outfoxed by the twenty-three Moderates.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 23, 2020.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Gregory A.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Oklahoma]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Moderate Republicans]]
[[Category:Catholics]]
[[Category:Catholic Politicians]]