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Jim Miller
26th Director of the Office of Management and Budget
In office October 8, 1985 – October 16, 1988
President	Ronald Reagan
Deputy	Joe Wright
Preceded by	David Stockman
Succeeded by	Joe Wright
Chair of the Federal Trade Commission
In office September 26, 1981 – October 4, 1985
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Michael Pertschuk
Succeeded by	Daniel Oliver
Personal details
Born	James Clifford Miller III (1942-06-25) June 25, 1942 (age 82) Atlanta, Georgia, US
Political party	Republican
Spouse	DeMaris Humphries ​(m. 1961)​
Children	3
Education	University of Georgia (BBA) University of Virginia (MA, PhD)
Website	Official website

James Clifford Miller III (born June 25, 1942, in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American economist and former government official who served as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) between 1981 and 1985 and as Budget Director for President Ronald Reagan between 1985 and 1988. Miller was the first member of the FTC with a background as a career economist, as opposed to a legal background as is common.

He also ran for United States Senate in Virginia, losing the Republican nomination at the convention to Oliver North in 1994 and losing the nomination in the primary to John Warner in 1996.

Early years and education

Miller was born in Atlanta and grew up in Conyers, Georgia. He earned a BBA in economics from the University of Georgia in 1964 and a PhD in economics from the University of Virginia in 1969.

Between 1977 and 1981, Miller was a resident scholar at the Center for the Study of Government Regulation at the American Enterprise Institute. From 1978 to 1981, he served as co-director of the center.

Public service

Miller was the first administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (April - October 1981) and the executive director of Vice President George H. W. Bush's Presidential Task Force on Regulatory Relief. From 1981 to 1985, he chaired the Federal Trade Commission. From October 1985 to October 1988, Miller was director of the United States Office of Management and Budget.

He is a distinguished fellow at the Center for Study of Public Choice at George Mason University. He is also a senior fellow of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

Private sector

He has been counselor to and a board member of the former Citizens for a Sound Economy (1988–2002), a member of the boards of the Tax Foundation and the Progress and Freedom Foundation, and a member of the board of visitors of George Mason University and the U.S. Air Force Academy. In addition, Miller has been a director of LECG Economics-Finance, a member of the board of Independence Air, a member of the board of Washington Mutual Investors Fund, a member of the board of the Tax-Exempt Fund of Maryland, a member of the board of the Tax-Exempt Fund of Virginia, a member of the board of the J.P. Morgan Value Opportunities Fund, a member of the board of Clean Energy, a consultant to Freddie Mac, and chairman of the board of Economic Impact Analysts, Inc. (family-held consulting firm).

From 2003 to 2006, Miller was chairman (or chairman emeritus) of the Capital Analysis Group (CapAnalysis), a division of the international law firm Howrey LLP. He was a member of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service (2003–2012), where he was elected chairman in 2005, 2006, and 2007.

On November 9, 2009, it was announced that Miller was picked by the then Premier of the Cayman Islands William McKeeva Bush to lead an independent task force to examine new revenue options for the Cayman Islands Government. The Cayman Islands has no direct taxation although that may change as a result of an agreement with the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The UK FCO allowed the Cayman Islands Government to borrow additional funds to meet capital and operational expenses as long as the Government agreed to look at ways in which to increase and stabilize its revenue base—direct taxation being the preferred solution.

See also

• List of former FTC commissioners

References

1. "James Clifford Miller". Almanac of Famous People (fee, via Fairfax County Public Library). Gale. 2011. Gale Document Number: GALE: K1601049770. Retrieved 2013-01-21. Gale Biography In Context. (subscription required)
2. "James C. Miller". Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale. 2008. Gale Document Number: GALE: H1000068712. Gale Biography In Context. (subscription required)
3. "Josh Wright to be nominated to be next FTC Commissioner". Truth on the Market. 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
4. Janofsky, Michael (June 3, 1994). "North Staff Not Taking A Victory As Assured". New York Times. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
5. Daley, Steve (June 5, 1994). "Gop Nominates North In Virginia Senate Race". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2013-01-21. At a rollicking convention crowded with 15,000 delegates, North got 55 percent of the vote, defeating former Reagan Budget Director James C. Miller for the right to challenge Democratic Sen. Charles Robb this fall.
6. Janofsky, Michael (June 13, 1996). "G.O.P. Debates Meaning of Warner's Victory". New York Times. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
7. "Adjunct and Visiting Scholars". Center for Study of Public Choice. George Mason University. Archived from the original on 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2013-01-21. ...distinguished fellow since 1988
8. "James C. Miller III". Hoover Institution. July 10, 2012. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
9. "Citizens for a Sound Economy - Staff Listing". Archived from the original on 2004-10-24.
10. "STATEMENT OF JAMES C. MILLER III before the SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY POLICY, NATURAL RESOURCES AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS of the COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES". March 12, 2002. Archived from the original on 2004-11-02. Retrieved 2016-11-05. Counselor to Citizens for a Sound Economy and John M. Olin Distinguished Fellow at Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation
11. Reilly, Sean (November 30, 2012). "Number of empty chairs on Postal Service board increasing". Federal Times. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-21. James Miller, who headed the Office of Management and Budget during part of the Reagan administration, was on the board from 2003 until last year... (blog)

External links

• President Reagan's speech to OMB staff upon Jim Miller's retirement Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, September 28, 1988
• James C. Miller on The George Jarkesy Show Archived 2013-01-24 at archive.today
• Appearances on C-SPAN

v t e Directors of the United States Office of Management and Budget
Charles G. Dawes Herbert Lord Clawson Roop Lewis W. Douglas Daniel W. Bell Harold Smith James Webb Frank Pace Frederick Lawton Joseph Dodge Rowland Hughes Percival Brundage Maurice Stans David E. Bell Kermit Gordon Charles Schultze Charles Zwick Robert P. Mayo George Shultz Caspar Weinberger Roy Ash James Thomas Lynn Lance James T. McIntyre David Stockman James Miller Jon Wright Richard Darman Leon Panetta Alice Rivlin Franklin Raines Jack Lew Mitch Daniels Joshua Bolten Rob Portman Jim Nussle Peter R. Orszag Jack Lew Sylvia Mathews Burwell Shaun Donovan Mick Mulvaney Russell Vought Shalanda Young

v t e Cabinet of President Ronald Reagan (1981–1989)
Cabinet Vice President George H. W. Bush (1981–1989) Secretary of State Alexander Haig (1981–1982) George Shultz (1982–1989) Secretary of the Treasury Donald Regan (1981–1985) James Baker (1985–1988) Nicholas F. Brady (1988–1989) Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger (1981–1987) Frank Carlucci (1987–1989) Attorney General William French Smith (1981–1985) Edwin Meese (1985–1988) Dick Thornburgh (1988–1989) Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt (1981–1983) William P. Clark Jr. (1983–1985) Donald P. Hodel (1985–1989) Secretary of Agriculture John R. Block (1981–1986) Richard Lyng (1986–1989) Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Baldrige Jr. (1981–1987) William Verity Jr. (1987–1989) Secretary of Labor Raymond J. Donovan (1981–1985) Bill Brock (1985–1987) Ann Dore McLaughlin (1987–1989) Secretary of Health and Human Services Richard Schweiker (1981–1983) Margaret Heckler (1983–1985) Otis Bowen (1985–1989) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Samuel Pierce (1981–1989) Secretary of Transportation Drew Lewis (1981–1983) Elizabeth Dole (1983–1987) James H. Burnley IV (1987–1989) Secretary of Energy James B. Edwards (1981–1983) Donald P. Hodel (1983–1985) John S. Herrington (1985–1989) Secretary of Education Terrel Bell (1981–1984) William Bennett (1985–1988) Lauro Cavazos (1988–1989)
Cabinet-level Director of the Office of Management and Budget David Stockman (1981–1985) James C. Miller III (1985–1988) Joe Wright (1988–1989) Director of Central Intelligence William J. Casey (1981–1987) William H. Webster (1987–1989) Trade Representative Bill Brock (1981–1985) Clayton Yeutter (1985–1989) Ambassador to the United Nations Jeane Kirkpatrick (1981–1985) Vernon A. Walters (1985–1989) Counselor to the President Edwin Meese (1981–1985) None (1985–1989)

v t e Chairs of the Federal Trade Commission
Member-selected (1915–1950)	Joseph E. Davies (1915–1916) • Edward N. Hurley (1916–1917) • William J. Harris (1917–1918) • William Byron Colver (1918–1919) • John Franklin Fort (1919) • Victor Murdock (1919–1920) • Samuel Huston Thompson (1920–1921) • Nelson B. Gaskill (1921–1922) • Victor Murdock (1922–1923) • Samuel Huston Thompson (1923–1924) • Vernon W. Van Fleet (1924–1925) • John F. Nugent (1925–1926) • Charles W. Hunt (1926–1927) • William E. Humphrey (1927–1928) • Abram F. Myers (1928–1929) • Edgar A. McCulloch (1929) • Garland Ferguson Jr. (1930) • Charles W. Hunt (1931) • William E. Humphrey (1932) • Charles H. March (1933) • Garland Ferguson Jr. (1934) • Ewin L. Davis (1935) • Charles H. March (1936) • William Augustus Ayres (1937) • Garland Ferguson Jr. (1938) • Robert E. Freer (1939) • Ewin L. Davis (1940) • Charles H. March (1941) • William Augustus Ayres (1942) • Garland Ferguson Jr. (1943) • Robert E. Freer (1944) • Ewin L. Davis (1945) • William Augustus Ayres (1946) • Garland Ferguson Jr. (1947) • Robert E. Freer (1948) • Lowell B. Mason (1949–1950)
Presidential appointments (1950–present) Acting chairs italicized	James M. Mead (1950–1953) • Edward F. Howrey (1953–1955) • John W. Gwynne (1955–1959) • Earl W. Kintner (1959–1961) • Paul Rand Dixon (1961–1969) • Caspar Weinberger (1970–1970) • Everette MacIntyre (1970–1973) • Lewis A. Engman (1973–1975) • Paul Rand Dixon (1976) • Calvin J. Collier (1976–1977) • Michael Pertschuk (1977–1981) • David A. Clanton (1981) • James C. Miller III (1981–1985) • Terry Calvani (1985–1986) • Daniel Oliver (1986–1989) • Janet Dempsey Steiger (1989–1995) • Robert Pitofsky (1995–2001) • Timothy Muris (2001–2004) • Deborah Platt Majoras (2004–2008) • William Kovacic (2008–2009) • Jon Leibowitz (2009–2013) • Edith Ramirez (2013–2017) • Maureen Ohlhausen (2017–2018) • Joseph Simons (2018–2021) • Rebecca Slaughter (2021) • Lina Khan (2021–present)

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