MILLER, Jefferson B. (Jeff), a Representative from Florida; born in Pinellas County, Fla., June 27, 1959; B.A., University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., 1984; real estate broker; sheriff’s deputy, Gilchrist County, Fla.; member of the Florida state house of representatives, 1998-2001; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Seventh Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Joseph Scarborough and reelected to the seven succeeding Congresses (October 16, 2001-January 3, 2017); chair, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (One Hundred Twelfth through One Hundred Fourteenth Congresses); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress in 2016.