Background
Miller, John D. was born on December 6, 1856 in Hunter, Greene County, New York, United States. Son of Abram D. and Lydia (Douglas) Miller.
Miller, John D. was born on December 6, 1856 in Hunter, Greene County, New York, United States. Son of Abram D. and Lydia (Douglas) Miller.
Education common and night schools.
Bar, 1891, and practiced in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, also operating dairy farms. Assisted in organizing local co-operative marketing associations among dairymen. General counsel, Dairymen’s League, Incorporated., and Dairymen’s League Company-operative Association, Incorporated., since January 1, 1917, vice president, 1918-1935.
Author amendments to state anti-trust acts authorizing farmers to combine for marketing purposes.
Also prepared first draft and assisted in preparing Capper-Volstead Company-operative Marketing Law, 1922 Director and member Executive Committee Central Bank for Coöperatives, 1934-1944. Director Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated., 1934-March 1937.
Member National Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation (life director Member American Bar Association, Bar Association Susquehanna County. Mason.; Odd Fellow.
Married Jennie M. Blandin, January 20, 1882. Children: Harry L. (deceased), Allan Doctorate., Myron B., Walter L.