Percy A. Miller Jr.

Percy A. Miller Jr. (1899-1984) was an American Republican Party politician who served as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and as the New Jersey Commissioner of Labor. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I. He served as Mayor of Irvington, New Jersey from 1934 to 1938, and as a Irvington Town Commissioner from 1938 to 1950. He was elected to the New Jersey State Assembly in 1947, and served as Assembly Majority Leader in 1949 and as Assembly Speaker in 1950. He resigned his Assembly seat in 1950 when Governor Alfred Driscoll appointed him to serve in his cabinet as Commissioner of Labor. He held that post for four years. He served as Director of Employment Information and Licensing for the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor before retiring in 1961. Later, Miller was the Chairman of the State Police and Firemen's Pension Fund Commission and of the State Vocational Rehabilitation Commission.^[1]

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Speakers of the New Jersey General Assembly
Gardiner Fretwell Jennings T. Gordon Kay D. Coxe Kinsey Johnstone Trent Johnstone Kinsey, Jr. Bonnel A. Johnston Nevill Lawrence Nevill Charles Read Lawrence Nevill Ogden Skinner Crane Skinner Hart Camp Hornblower Meheim Harris Hendrickson Van Cleve Harris Van Cleve Beatty Dayton E. Elmer S. Condict E. Elmer Imlay S. Condict W. Coxe Dickerson W. Coxe P. Gordon Cox L. Condict Kennedy Pearson Bateman Pennington Clark E. Elmer D. Thompson L. Elmer D. Johnston Drake Ewing Wurts J. Jackson Ryall T. Haight L. Condict Stites Emley Halsey J. Taylor Van Wagenen Howell J. Evans Whelpley Nixon Phillips Huyler Fennimore Parry Demarest Dutcher Holsman Salter Patterson Teese C. Haight Crowell J.N. Taylor Crowell Hill Curtis A. Evans Abbett Condit Niles Fisher G. Hobart Vanderbilt Caracallen Rabe Egan S. Jackson Oviatt Van Duyne Dunn O'Connor Stoney Armstrong Baird Dickinson Hudspeth Heppenheimer Bergen Flynn Holt Cross DeRousse MacPherson Watkins B. Jones Bradley Horner Avis Robbins Lethbridge Jess Prince Ward Kenny McCran L.R. Taylor Beekman Godfrey Pilgrim Schoen Wolverton Pierson Glover G.S. Hobart Rowland W. Evans Eaton Powell Chandless Siracusa Hanson Gabrielson Knight Wise Greenberg Otto Pascoe Altman Clee Newcomb Walker De Voe Pascoe McClave Boswell Amlicke Cavicchia Hess W. Jones Leonard Brescher Mehorter Miller Fraser M. Thompson Cavinato Simmill Thomas Salsburg Mosch Mills Hyland Kurtz Brady D'Aloia Davis Matthews Beadleston Higgins Brady Hauser Halpin Smith Moraites Dickey Parker Kean Woodson LeFante Hamilton Jackman Karcher Hardwick Doria Haytaian Collins Sires Roberts Oliver Prieto