Vern Miller was an American attorney, politician, and law enforcement officer who served as the Kansas attorney general from 1971 to 1975.
14 Facts About Vern Miller
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Vern Miller attended primary schools there, and attended Wichita North High School.
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Vern Miller enlisted in the US Army at 17, turning 18 while he was posted to post-WWII US occupation zone in Korea.
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Vern Miller later graduated from Oklahoma City University School of Law in 1966, driving 310 miles round trip to attend night school.
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Vern Miller served as deputy sheriff of Sedgwick County, Kansas from 1949 to 1954, and in 1958 was elected as Sedgwick County marshal.
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Vern Miller was elected Sedgwick County sheriff in 1964 and re-elected twice.
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Vern Miller made national news in 1972 when he ordered the raid of Amtrak trains that were serving liquor or wine while passing through Kansas, and in 1973, threatened to prosecute airlines that served intoxicating beverages while flying over the state.
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Vern Miller sent letters requesting Braniff International, TWA, and Continental halt sale in respect for state law, and told reporters that he had gotten a telegram from one airline promising to suspend beverages while over Kansas.
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Vern Miller then served as Sedgwick County Prosecuting Attorney from 1976 to 1980 and opened up a law practice in his hometown of Wichita.
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Vern Miller was married twice, and had three children and a stepchild.
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One of his sons, Clifford Vern Miller, was a police sergeant in Sedgwick County.
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Vern Miller was a member of the Presbyterian Church, Kansas Bar Association, American Judicature Society, and Wichita Bar Association.
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Vern Miller was a former president of the Kansas Peace Officers Association.
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Vern Miller died on June 11,2021, at his home in Mesa, Arizona at the age of 92.