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{{short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Ward MacLaughlin Miller
|state=[[Ohio]]
|district={{ushr|Ohio|6|6th}}
|term_start=November 8, 1960
|term_end=January 3, 1961
|preceded=[[James G. Polk]]
|succeeded=[[Bill Harsha]]
|party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|birth_date={{birth date|1902|11|29}}
|birth_place=[[Portsmouth, Ohio]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1984|03|11|1902|11|29}}
|death_place=Portsmouth, Ohio, U.S.
|restingplace=
|education=[[Ohio State University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Harvard University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
}}
'''Ward MacLaughlin Miller''' (November 29, 1902 – March 11, 1984) was an [[United States of America|American]] politician of the [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]].<ref>{{cite web|title=MILLER, Ward MacLaughlin, (1902 - 1984)|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000759|website=Congress.gov|access-date=5 October 2017}}</ref> He briefly served in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] from November 1960 to January 1961.

==Biography ==
Miller was born in [[Portsmouth, Ohio]] in 1901. He earned his high school diploma from Portsmouth High School. In 1923, he earned a bachelor of arts degree from [[Ohio State University]] (Columbus, Ohio). In 1931, he was awarded a master of arts degree by [[Harvard University]] (Cambridge, Massachusetts).

===Congress ===
On November 8, 1960, Miller won a special election to complete the term of [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[U.S. House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] [[James G. Polk]], who had died in office on April 28, 1959 (thus creating one of the longest vacancies in the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] in modern times). Since Miller had not run for election to a full term in the [[87th Congress]], his membership in the House of Representatives ended on January 3, 1961.

===Death===
He died in Portsmouth in 1984.

== References ==
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==See also==
* {{ushr|Ohio|6}}
* [[List of United States representatives from Ohio]]

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| district=6 
| before=[[James G. Polk]]
| after=[[Bill Harsha]]
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