Harriet Miers

Harriet Miers
Official portrait, 2005
White House Counsel
In office
February 3, 2005 – January 31, 2007
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byAlberto Gonzales
Succeeded byFred Fielding
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
In office
June 6, 2003 – February 3, 2005
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byJoshua Bolten
Succeeded byKarl Rove
White House Staff Secretary
In office
January 20, 2001 – June 6, 2003
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byLisel Loy
Succeeded byBrett Kavanaugh
Chair of Texas Lottery Commission
In office
1995–2000
Member-at-Large Dallas City Council
In office
1989–1991
Personal details
Born
Harriet Ellan Miers

(1945-08-10) August 10, 1945 (age 79)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationSouthern Methodist University (BA, JD)

Harriet Ellan Miers (born August 10, 1945) is an American lawyer who served as White House counsel to President George W. Bush from 2005 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party since 1988, she previously served as White House staff secretary from 2001 to 2003 and White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy from 2003 until 2005. In 2005, Miers was nominated by Bush to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, but—in the face of bipartisan opposition—asked Bush to withdraw her nomination a little over three weeks after it was announced. In 2007, Miers returned to private practice, becoming a partner in the litigation and public policy group at Locke Lord.