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{{Short description|American labor leader, 1853-1896}}
'''Henry Miller''' (January 5, 1853 - July 11, 1896<ref>{{cite web |title=Certificate of Death |url=http://nbew-ibewmuseum.org/images/Miller/Henry_Miller_Death_Crt_web.jpg |website=IBEW Henry Miller Museum}}</ref>) {{Citation needed|reason= No birth record exists |date=January 2023}} was an American electrical worker who became the first Grand President of the [[International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers|International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibew.org/articles/01daily/0107/010711.htm |title=Henry Miller: IBEW's Founder Kindled a Legacy |publisher=Ibew.org |date= |accessdate=2015-08-30}}</ref>
Miller was born on a ranch near [[Fredericksburg, Texas]]. He worked as a water boy for a government project to string a [[telegraph]] line from [[San Antonio, Texas]], to [[Fort Clark, Texas|Fort Clark]] when he was 14. He worked for [[Western Union]] and other utility companies just starting out as a [[Lineworker|lineman]]. In 1886, Miller worked for the St. Louis Municipal Electric Light and Power Company. During this time, he saw an opportunity to organize electrical workers when they came to the [[Saint Louis Exposition (annual fair)|St. Louis Exposition]] in 1890.<ref>They Dared to Dream, The 18-part History of the IBEW, Thorn Pozen, 1991 & The Electrical Workers' Story</ref>
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* [https://nbew-ibewmuseum.org/ NBEW-IBEW Museum]
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