George P. Miller

George Paul Miller (January 15, 1891 – December 29, 1982) was an American veteran of World War I who served 14 terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1945 to 1973.

After serving as member of the United States Veterans' Bureau from 1921 to 1925, Miller resumed activities as a civil engineer.

[2] He later served as chairman of the Committee on Science and Astronautics (Eighty-seventh through Ninety-second Congresses), after the death of Overton Brooks in 1961.

[1][2] He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress,[1] defeated in the Democratic primary by Pete Stark.

[3] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

During a 1968 visit to the Marshall Space Flight Center , the House Committee on Science and Astronautics toured the S-IVB workshop. Pictured here are Wernher von Braun (standing) and Congressman Miller (sitting on the ergometer bicycle) inside the workshop.
Representative Miller and other members of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics visited the Marshall Space Flight Center on January 3, 1962, to gather firsthand information of the nation’s space exploration program.