Walter Dale Miller was born on October 5, 1925, near Viewfield, graduated from New Underwood High School, and spent his life ranching in Meade County. He served in the State House of Representatives from 1967 to 1987 and was the only person in state history to hold every major leadership position in the House, including Speaker and Majority Leader. In 1987, he became the state’s first full-time lieutenant governor and, serving with Governor George S. Mickelson, led efforts to implement technology in state government. On April 19, 1993, Governor Mickelson and seven others died in a plane crash, and Miller became the first lieutenant governor to ascend to the governorship due to death. As governor, he ended a riot at the state penitentiary without loss of life, led the response to historical flooding in 1993, and imposed emergency cuts protecting the state’s budget after a court ruling shut down video lottery and caused a revenue shortage. He left office in 1995 and died on September 28, 2015.