Albert C. Miller

Albert C. "AC" Miller (born September 30, 1898-October 29, 1979 ) was an American attorney and 21st Attorney General of South Dakota. Between 1941 and 1945 he was the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of the South Dakota.

Career

AC Miller lived in Kennebec in Lyman County. After a law degree from the University of South Dakota School of Law and admission as a lawyer, he began to work there in his profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party for his political career. Between 1933 and 1940 he sat as a deputy in the House of Representatives of South Dakota , and its chamber's speaker in 1937.^[1]

In 1940, Miller was elected on the side of Harlan J. Bushfield's Lt. Governor of South Dakota. This office he held after reelection between 1941 and 1945. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate . Since 1943 he served under the new governor Merrell Q. Sharpe . In 1944, he ran unsuccessfully in his party's primaries for a seat in the US Senate . From 1961 to 1963 he held the office of Attorney General of his state. He died on October 29, 1979.

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