Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., the longest-serving state Senate president in U.S. history and titan of Maryland politics for decades, lay in state Friday as part of a multi-day memorial that will conclude with the family’s private Mass and interment Saturday.
The Maryland-flag-draped casket of the late Senate president emeritus, who died of prostate cancer Jan 15. at 78, was on display at the State House for three hours in the morning and three in the afternoon, with a state Senate ceremony at noon.
The Senate ceremony featured numerous prominent Maryland politicians, including Gov. Larry Hogan, R, Senate President Bill Ferguson, D-Baltimore; U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Mechanicsville, and former senator and cabinet secretary Bobby Neall, R.
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