Zell Miller

Zell Bryan Miller (February 24, 1932 – March 23, 2018) was a former United States Senator from Georgia. Miller was Lieutenant Governor from 1975 to 1991, 79th Governor of Georgia from 1991 to 1999, and as United States Senator from 2000 to 2005.^[1]

Zell Miller
Portrait, c. 2000–2005
United States Senator from Georgia
In office July 24, 2000 – January 3, 2005
Appointed by	Roy Barnes
Preceded by	Paul Coverdell
Succeeded by	Johnny Isakson
79th Governor of Georgia
In office January 14, 1991 – January 11, 1999
Lieutenant	Pierre Howard
Preceded by	Joe Frank Harris
Succeeded by	Roy Barnes
8th Lieutenant Governor of Georgia
In office January 14, 1975 – January 14, 1991
Governor	George Busbee Joe Frank Harris
Preceded by	Lester Maddox
Succeeded by	Pierre Howard
Member of the Georgia State Senate from the 50th district
In office January 14, 1963 – January 11, 1965
Preceded by	Hamilton McWhorter, Jr.
Succeeded by	Robert King Ballew
Member of the Georgia State Senate from the 40th district
In office January 9, 1961 – January 14, 1963
Preceded by	Russell Ellis Cannon
Succeeded by	Dan I. MacIntyre III
Mayor of Young Harris
In office 1959–1960
Personal details
Born	Zell Bryan Miller (1932-02-24)February 24, 1932 Young Harris, Georgia, U.S.
Died	March 23, 2018(2018-03-23) (aged 86) Young Harris, Georgia, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Shirley Carver ​ (m. 1954)​
Children	2
Education	Young Harris College University of Georgia (BA, MA)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Marine Corps
Years of service	1953–1956
Rank	Sergeant

He wrote a book A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat. The book spent nine weeks in the New York Times Best Seller list for hardback non-fiction.^[2]

Miller died on March 23, 2018, at his home in Young Harris, Georgia from Parkinson's disease, aged 86.^[3][4]

Books

By Zell Miller:

• 1975: Mountains Within Me
• 1983: Great Georgians
• 1985: They Heard Georgia Singing
• 1997: Corps Values: Everything You Need to Know I Learned In the Marines
• 1999: The First Battalion of the 28th Marines on Iwo Jima: A Day-By-Day History from Personal Accounts and Official Reports, With Complete Muster Rolls, also by Robert E. Allen
• 2003: A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat
• 2003: foreword to What'll Ya Have: A History of the Varsity by Dick Parker
• 2005: A Deficit Of Decency
• 2005: foreword to "Indivisible: Uniting Values for a Divided America" by Martha Zoller
• 2007: "The Miracle of Brasstown Valley"
• 2009: "Purt Nigh Gone: The Old Mountain Ways"

About Zell Miller:

• 1998: "Listen to this Voice" Selected Speeches of Governor Zell Miller
• 1999: Zell, The Governor Who Gave Georgia HOPE by Richard Hyatt
• 1999: Signed, Sealed, and Delivered: The Miller Record