Warner is, i dont know, approaching old age. I will not say he is there. Is approaching old age but you would never know it. We have been sitting in the back and talking about this race and that race and all kinds of things and i was thinking about his career and it is absolutely incredible. You can go back as far as world war ii and korea. He was in both of those and you didnt have to. He was always willing to jump in and participate. He did lots of things in between. Lets start with secretary of the navy in the early 1970s, head of the bicentennial commission. Those of you old enough to remember the wonderful celebration of the bicentennial of the us which helped bring the country together. And he went to a place many of you never heard of, the United States senate. He was elected in 1978, elected very narrowly, 5000 votes, very narrowly. That was the end of his time test. Occasionally he would have one within a few Percentage Points but mainly was unopposed. In the u. S. Senate from
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As Elizabeth McClanahan tells it, at the Abingdon law firm where she practiced, there was a banged-up metal desk used by a predecessor, Andy Miller. The firm, the former Virginia Supreme Court justice said, would assign the desk to young associates, who were told it had been that of a storied politician.
From that small firm, Miller went to Richmond, where he would build one of Virginiaâs biggest law shops. It wasnât a high-dollar firm. Rather, it was the Office of the Attorney General, which until Millerâs election in 1969, had only a dozen lawyers. Understaffed, it hired private lawyers to advise state agencies even on mundane matters.
In 1977, Andrew Miller almost became governor of Virginia.
The fact that he did not was described as âthe upset of the centuryâ and accelerated the realignment of Virginia politics that led to its current political order.
If thatâs all you know about Andrew Miller â âAndyâ Miller to his friends and supporters â then thatâs a poor understanding of Virginia history, which we will set about to rectify today. Alas, the occasion for this history lesson is a sad one. Miller passed away July 2 at the age of 88.
While Miller never achieved his goal of becoming governor, he remains an important figure in Virginia politics, one whose legacy still is felt today. He was twice elected attorney general and the 71% of the vote he received when he was reelected in 1973 remains the most of any candidate for the stateâs three top offices in the modern era. Miller is regarded as the father of the modern attorney generalâs office â creating the m
In 1977, Andrew Miller almost became governor of Virginia.
The fact that he did not was described as âthe upset of the centuryâ and accelerated the realignment of Virginia politics that led to its current political order.
If thatâs all you know about Andrew Miller â âAndyâ Miller to his friends and supporters â then thatâs a poor understanding of Virginia history, which we will set about to rectify today. Alas, the occasion for this history lesson is a sad one. Miller died July 2 at the age of 88.
While Miller never achieved his goal of becoming governor, he remains an important figure in Virginia politics, one whose legacy is still felt today.