Sid Miller (politician)
| Sid Miller | |
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| 12th Agriculture Commissioner of Texas | |
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Assumed office January 2, 2015 |
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| Governor |
Rick Perry Greg Abbott |
| Preceded by | Todd Staples |
| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 59th district |
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In office January 2001 – January 8, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | David Lengefeld |
| Succeeded by | J. D. Sheffield |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Sidney Carroll Miller September 6, 1955 De Leon, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Debra Miller |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
Cisco College Tarleton State University (BS) |
Sidney Carroll Miller (born September 6, 1955) is an American politician from Stephenville in Erath County, Texas. He is the current state Agriculture Commissioner. He was elected to succeed the two-term commissioner Todd Staples in the general election held on November 4, 2014.
From 2001 to 2013, Miller served in the Texas House of Representatives for district 59 in Central Texas, being unseated in the Republican runoff election held on July 31, 2012, by osteopathic physician J. D. Sheffield of Gatesville in Coryell County.
A native of De Leon, Texas, Miller graduated from De Leon High School. Thereafter, he graduated from Cisco Junior College in Cisco and Tarleton State University in Stephenville, from which he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Vocational Agriculture Education. He is a former school teacher and school board member.
Miller and his wife, Debra Joan Miller (also born 1955), reside in Stephenville, the county seat of Erath County, where Miller operates a plant nursery. The couple has two sons, Sidney Truett Miller and Joseph Miller, who along with Joseph's wife, Kelly, are also Tarleton State graduates. An educator, Mrs. Miller is the founder of Erath Excels Academy, with campuses in both Stephenville and Taft. The Millers are active members of the Erath County Cowboy Church, where he is an elder. He is a former Baptist.
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