Clinton Miller

Isaac Clinton "Clint" Miller (born May 24, 1939, Ferguson, North Carolina) is an American former rockabilly singer, attorney, and politician. He served twenty-four years as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates and ten years as a judge on the Virginia State Corporation Commission.

Clinton Miller
Member of the Virginia State
Corporation Commission
In office
February 15, 1996  February 1, 2006
Preceded byPreston C. Shannon
Succeeded byJudith Jagdmann
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
from the 26th district
In office
January 8, 1992  January 10, 1996
Preceded byEmmett Hanger
Succeeded byGlenn Weatherholtz
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
from the 28th district
In office
January 12, 1983  January 8, 1992
Preceded byFrank Slayton
Succeeded byWilliam J. Howell
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
from the 15th district
In office
January 13, 1982  January 12, 1983
Succeeded byG. Steven Agee
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
from the 16th district
In office
January 12, 1972  January 13, 1982
Serving with Bonnie Lineweaver Paul,
Nathan H. Miller,
Kevin G. Miller
Preceded byDonald K. Funkhouser
Succeeded byChip Woodrum
Personal details
Born
Isaac Clinton Miller

(1939-05-24) May 24, 1939
Ferguson, North Carolina
Political partyRepublican
SpouseLinda Ann Emswiler
Alma materAmerican University
Washington & Lee University

Miller was raised in Woodstock, Virginia and began playing country music professionally as a teenager in the 1950s for Washington, DC-area stations such as WTOP and WMAL.[1] He signed with ABC-Paramount Records in 1957, and the label gave him the tune "Bertha Lou", a recording of which the label had unsuccessfully attempted to license from Johnny Faire. Miller's version of the tune proved more successful on the charts, peaking at #79 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1958.[2] He released a second single on ABC later that year and continued releasing singles into the early 1960s, though none of these charted. He would later record again in 1976 (a single) and 1993 (a three-track EP).

Miller was still in high school at the time of his chart success, and he graduated from the Stella Adler Theatre School in New York in 1961. He attended American University and then took a law degree at Washington & Lee University.

He served from 1967 to 1971 as commonwealth's attorney for Shenandoah County and was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1972 as a Republican. He severed in the House through 1996. He ran for Governor of Virginia in the 1990s, but was not elected. Following this he worked in law until retiring in 2006.[3][4]

References

  1. Clint Miller at Rockabilly.nl
  2. Joel Whitburn, Top Pop Singles. 12th edition, 2009, p. 660.
  3. House Joint Resolution no.245, 30 January 2006
  4. "GOP's Miller endorses Democrat McAuliffe".
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