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Albert C. "AC" Miller (born September 30, 1898 – October 22, 1979) was an American attorney and the 21st Attorney General of South Dakota between 1961 and 1963 and the Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota from 1941 and 1945.

Career

AC Miller resided in Kennebec in Lyman County. After earning a law degree from the University of South Dakota School of Law and gaining admission to the bar, he established his legal practice there. Concurrently, he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party. Between 1933 and 1940, he sat as a deputy in the House of Representatives of South Dakota, and its chamber's speaker in 1937.

Lieutenant governor

In 1940, Miller was elected as Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota alongside Harlan J. Bushfield. He held this office from 1941 and 1945, after being reelected. During his tenure, he served as Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate. In 1943, he began serving under the new governor, Merrell Q. Sharpe . In 1944, he ran unsuccessfully in his party's primaries for a seat in the US Senate.

1960 Attorney General Election

From 1961 to 1963, he held the office of Attorney General of his state. On August 1, 1960, Miller was nominated at the Republican Convention in Pierre, after 1958 Republican Attorney General nominee George Wuest of Mitchell decided not to run.

Miller defeated incumbent Democrat Attorney General Parnell Donahue with 160,299 votes while Donahue received 138,320 votes.

He died on October 22, 1979.

References

1. Kingsbury, George Washington (1915). "South Dakota: Its History and Its People". books.google.com. Unknown.
2. Rapid City Journal, August 1, 1960, page 1

v t e Governors and lieutenant governors of South Dakota
Governors	Mellette Sheldon Lee Herreid Elrod Crawford Vessey Byrne Norbeck McMaster Gunderson Bulow Green Berry Jensen Bushfield Sharpe G.T. Mickelson Anderson Foss Herseth Gubbrud Boe Farrar Kneip Wollman Janklow G.S. Mickelson Miller Janklow Rounds Daugaard Noem
Lieutenant governors	Fletcher Hoffman Herreid Hindman Kean Snow McDougall Shober Byrne Abel Norbeck McMaster Gunderson Forney Covey Coyne J. Grigsby Whitney Ustrud Peterson McMurchie A. Miller S. Grigsby Terry Houck Lindley Bottum Boe Overpeck Abdnor Dougherty Wollman Hansen W. Miller Kirby Hillard Daugaard Michels Rhoden

v t e South Dakota attorneys general
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v t e Speakers of the South Dakota House of Representatives
Young Seward Lawson Howard Colvin Somers Browne Chaney Morris Tscharner Christopherson Roberts Benson Berdahl Frescoln McDonald Williamson Loucks McVeigh Abild Eggert Miller Mickelson Hove Halls Mills Munck Stokes Gates Boe Gubbrud Burgess Brown Droz Jelbert Gunderson Osheim Lebrun Barnett Hansen Mickelson Miller Lammers Ham Anderson Wood Hood Cutler Krautschun Hagg Hunt Eccarius Michels Deadrick Rausch Gosch Wink Mickelson Haugaard Gosch Bartels Hansen

• 1898 births
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• Lieutenant governors of South Dakota
• People from Lyman County, South Dakota
• South Dakota attorneys general
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