Harriet Miers
| Harriet Miers | |
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| White House Counsel | |
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In office February 3, 2005 – January 31, 2007 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Alberto Gonzales |
| Succeeded by | Fred Fielding |
| White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy | |
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In office June 6, 2003 – February 3, 2005 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Joshua Bolton |
| Succeeded by | Karl Rove |
| White House Staff Secretary | |
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In office January 20, 2001 – June 6, 2003 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Lisel Loy |
| Succeeded by | Brett Kavanaugh |
| Personal details | |
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Harriet Ellan Miers August 10, 1945 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party |
Democratic (Before 1988) Republican (1988–present) |
| Education | Southern Methodist University (BA, JD) |
Harriet Ellan Miers (born August 10, 1945) is a Republican lawyer and former White House Counsel to President George W. Bush. In 2005, she was nominated by Bush to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, but bipartisan opposition led President Bush to withdraw the nomination.
Miers was born in Dallas, Texas, and spent most of her life there until she moved to Washington, D.C. (2001) to work in the Bush administration. She has described herself as a "Texan through and through." She is the fourth of the five children of real estate investor Harris Wood Miers, Sr., and his wife, the former Erma (Sally) Grace Richardson.
Miers graduated from Hillcrest High School (Dallas, Texas), a public high school, in 1963.
Miers entered Southern Methodist University intending to become a teacher. The economic plight of her family was so dire that she almost dropped out in her freshman year, but she was able to find part-time work that put her through college. Then her father had a debilitating stroke. When a lawyer helped organize her family's financial situation, Miers was inspired to enter law school. Miers graduated from Southern Methodist University with a bachelor's degree in mathematics (1967) and from its Law School with a Juris Doctor degree (1970).
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