William Jennings Miller

William Jennings Miller (March 12, 1899 – November 22, 1950) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.

Biography Born in North Andover, Massachusetts, to Canadian-born Catherine (née Stewart) and Scottish-born James B. Miller, Miller attended the public schools. He graduated from Cannon's Commercial College, Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1917. During the First World War, he enlisted August 5, 1917, as a private in the United States Army and served in the Air Service in the 80th Aero Squadron and 1104 Aero Squadrons. Later commissioned a second lieutenant.

He was injured in an airplane crash in France in 1918, resulting in the loss of both legs. He was discharged April 26, 1919. He was a patient in United States veterans' hospitals from 1919 through 1931. He moved to Wethersfield, Connecticut, in 1926. He was engaged in the insurance business in 1931.

Miller was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress (January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941).

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress. Miller was elected to the Seventy-eighth Congress (January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress.

Miller was elected in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress (January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress. He resumed the general insurance business. He died in Wethersfield, Connecticut on November 22, 1950. He was interred in Jordan Cemetery, Waterford, Connecticut.