Miller, Mary, 1959-

Congresswoman Mary Miller (Oakland, Ill.) represents Illinois’ 15th District in the United States House of Representatives covering 33 counties. She is a wife, mother, grandmother, farmer, and business manager. Mary serves on the House Committee on Agriculture and House Committee on Education & Labor. She joins 45 new Republican members elected to the House for the 117th session of Congress.

<p>Mary E. Miller (née Meyer; born August 27, 1959) is an American farmer and politician serving as the U.S. Representative from Illinois's 15th congressional district. She is a member of the Republican Party and serves on the House Committee on Agriculture and the House Committee on Education & Labor. Her term began on January 3, 2021.</p>

<p>Born in Oak Park, Illinois, to Annette and Harvey Meyer, Miller graduated from Naperville Central High School in Naperville, Illinois. She earned a Bachelor of Science in business management and also completed graduate coursework in education at Eastern Illinois University.</p>

<p>Miller announced her candidacy to represent Illinois's 15th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives in the 2020 elections to succeed retiring incumbent John Shimkus. She won the Republican Party nomination, the real contest in the deeply Republican district, and won the general election with over 70% of the vote. She is the first Republican woman elected to represent Illinois in Congress since Judy Biggert left office in 2013. Miller focused her campaign on providing support to farming and bringing manufacturing back to Illinois.</p>

MILLER, Mary E., a Representative from Illinois; born in Oak Park, Cook County, Ill., August 7, 1959; graduated from Naperville Central High School, Naperville, Ill., 1977; B.S., Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Ill., 1981; farmer; teacher; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress (January 3, 2021 – Present).