Biography

10/03/1894 - 08/05/1948

Charles Eugene Miller (D27) Northumberland, Snyder and Union Counties 1933-1936 

Early Life: 

Charles Eugene Miller, born October 3, 1894, Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; son of Zachariah and Mary Elizabeth Trout Miller; Mount Caramel High School; course of study, Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; captain, 79th division, United States Army, World War I; wholesale baking business; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1933-1936; defeated, 1936; appointed, office, Attorney General, 1936-1943; salesman, Harrisburg, 1943-1948; died, August 5, 1948 (aged 53), injuries of fractured skull, Harrisburg Hospital, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; interment, Odd Fellows Cemetery, Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. 

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

Member, Sigma Nu, American Legion, Veteran of Foreign Wars, Cedar Lodge 670 if Masons, Mount Caramel. 

Pennsylvania Politics: 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate 27th district, Northumberland, Snyder and Union Counties, 1933-1936; lost republican nomination, primary 1933, cross filed, won Democratic nomination through write-in votes, elected when the entire democratic ticket was elected, President Roosevelt landslide election; defeated, Doctor George A. Dietrick, Republican, 1936. 

Appointed, office, Attorney General, 1936-1943.

Legacy:

Death, resulted from a fall, a Dauphin County Grand Jury, cleared Theodore Magnelli involuntary manslaughter charge stemming from the July 31, 1948, Harrisburg altercation over a promissory note, in front of a taproom, Third and Cherry Streets. Magnelli associated with Magnelli Produce 112 South Second Street, Harrisburg. 

Brother, Aldo Magnelli, Harrisburg, reputed backer, Heavyweight champion Jersey Joe Walcott. 

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members M". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Shamokin News-Dispatch (Shamokin, Pennsylvania) · Friday, August 06, 1948 · Page 1.

The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania) · Wednesday, September 22, 1948 · Page 1.

Charles Eugene Miller (1894-1948) - Find a Grave Memorial