Jack Richard Miller (June 6, 1916 – August 29, 1994) was an American politician and jurist who served as a Republican United States senator from Iowa for two terms from 1961 to 1973. He later served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Jack Richard Miller
Federal Circuit Clerk/Executive
Born 1916 in Chicago, IL
Died 1994 in Temple Terrace, FL
FJC ID: 1644
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 5/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 22/year
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1973–1982Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1973–1982Federal Circuit Court of Appeals · 1982–1994Federal Circuit Clerk/Executive · 1982–1994
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- U.S. senator from Iowa1961–1973
- Private practice, Sioux City, Iowa1949–1960
- IowaState senator · 1957–1960
- IowaState representative · 1955–1956
- Notre Dame Law SchoolAssistant professor of law · 1948–1949
Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of the TreasuryAttorney · 1947–1948
Air CorpsU.S. Army · 1942–1946
Appointments
- U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals1973–1982 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Reassignment
Education
J.D. · 1946
- Catholic University of AmericaA.M. · 1939
- Creighton UniversityA.B. · 1938