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|name=Roderick Luke Miller
|name=Roderick Luke Miller
|image=
|image=
|party=[[Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|spouse=(1) Clemencia "Clemy" Clotworthy Miller (died 1995)<br>
|spouse=(1) Clemencia "Clemy" Clotworthy Miller (died 1995)<br>
(2) Jane Brinkhaus Gaiennie Miller (surviving spouse)
(2) Jane Brinkhaus Gaiennie Miller (surviving spouse)
|birth_place=Reddell, Evangeline Parish<br>[[Louisiana]]
|birth_place=Reddell, Evangeline Parish<br>[[Louisiana]]
|death_date=January 15, 2005
|death_date=January 15, 2005
|resting_place=Calvary Cemetery in [[Lafayette]]
|office=Louisiana State Representative<br> for Lafayette Parish
|office=Louisiana State Representative<br> for Lafayette Parish
|term_start=March 1966
|term_start=March 1966
Miller was born in Reddell in Evangeline Parish to Cleophas Miller (1888-1971), a railroad employee, and the former Isabelle Michot (1895-1975). Miller graduated from Vidrine High School in Evangeline Parish and then served during [[World War II]] in the United States Army Air Corps as a navigator on [[B-29]]'s. He was reactivated as a first lieutenant during the [[Korean War]]. Between the two wars, Miller graduated in 1947 from the institution now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (then Southwestern Louisiana Institute). He then graduated in 1949 from Loyola University Law School in [[New Orleans]].
Miller was born in Reddell in Evangeline Parish to Cleophas Miller (1888-1971), a railroad employee, and the former Isabelle Michot (1895-1975). Miller graduated from Vidrine High School in Evangeline Parish and then served during [[World War II]] in the United States Army Air Corps as a navigator on [[B-29]]'s. He was reactivated as a first lieutenant during the [[Korean War]]. Between the two wars, Miller graduated in 1947 from the institution now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (then Southwestern Louisiana Institute). He then graduated in 1949 from Loyola University Law School in [[New Orleans]].
==Miller and Mouton, friends and political rivals==
==Miller and Mouton, friends and political rivals==
"He will be remembered for many things -- his dedicated involvement in community activities continued throughout his life -- but his pioneering work to establish a viable two-party system is perhaps the most lasting element of his legacy."
"He will be remembered for many things -- his dedicated involvement in community activities continued throughout his life -- but his pioneering work to establish a viable two-party system is perhaps the most lasting element of his legacy."
==References==
==References==
''Lafayette Daily Advertiser'', detailed Miller obituary, January 17, 2005.
''Lafayette Daily Advertiser'', detailed Miller obituary, January 17, 2005.
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