Zell Miller

Zell Bryan Miller (born February 24, 1932) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. A Democrat he served as Governor of Georgia from 1991 to 1999 and was a United States Senator from 2000 to 2005. In the last years of his career, he split from his party to back Republican President George W. Bush over contender John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election and since 2003 has frequently criticized problems he sees in his own party.

Early life

Miller was born in Young Harris, Georgia. There he was raised by his single-mother (Miller's father died when Miller was an infant) and continues to live in the home in which he grew up. Miller holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in history from the University of Georgia.

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Young Harris, Georgia - History - University of Georgia

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During the 1950s, he served in the United States Marine Corps as a Sergeant and a Rifle Expert. His time as a Marine had a profound effect on his life, and he later wrote a book, Corps Values: Everything You Need to Know I Learned in the Marines, about the values which his experience in the Marines taught him. "In the twelve weeks of hell and transformation that were Marine Corps boot camp, I learned the values of achieving a successful life that have guided and sustained me on the course which, although sometimes checkered and detoured, I have followed ever since," he would write.

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1950s - United States Marine Corps

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