Clyde L. Miller

Clyde L. Miller (January 1, 1910 – September 14, 1988) was a Democratic politician who was the first lieutenant governor of Utah. He remains the only Democrat to have served in this position.

Biography Miller was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He began his involvement with politics at age 18, when he distributed materials in support of Democrat Al Smith's 1928 presidential campaign against Republican Herbert Hoover. He then held various leadership positions in the Utah Democratic Party and the Young Democrats of America and in city government. In 1976, the Utah Legislature passed a law that replaced the office of Secretary of State with the office of Lieutenant Governor. Miller thus served as the first Lieutenant Governor of Utah from 1976 to 1977, when his term ended. Miller was part of the administration of popular three-term Governor Cal Rampton. In 1968, he was the only Democrat besides Rampton to win statewide in Utah in a year where Richard Nixon carried Utah by nearly twenty points and Utah's strong Republican trend began.

At the time, the Lieutenant Governor's duties included serving as superintendent of the Capitol grounds. In this capacity, Miller ordered Capitol guards to keep their guns but not carry any bullets.

Miller died in 1988 at the age of 78.