Leslie Andrew Miller (January 29, 1886September 29, 1970) was an American

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who served as the 17th governor of Wyoming from January 2, 1933, until January 2, 1939. He was a

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Biography

Miller was born in

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on January 29, 1886. In 1892, his family moved to

Wyoming Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the s ...

. He served in the

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from 1918 until 1919. He entered politics following his service and was elected to the

Wyoming House of Representatives The Wyoming House of Representatives is the lower house of the Wyoming State Legislature. There are 60 Representatives in the House, representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts across the state, each with a population of ...

. He was elected 17th Governor of Wyoming. He took his oath and was sworn in on December 27, 1932, 6-days early. He took office on January 2, 1933. Governor Miller was re-elected in 1935 and he replaced hanging with the

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for executions. In 1938, he was defeated by

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. After his gubernatorial career, Miller served on the

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as well as the

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. He died on September 29, 1970.

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