Harriet Miers | |
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 Official portrait, 2005 | |
| White House Counsel | |
| In office February 3, 2005 – January 31, 2007 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Alberto Gonzales |
| Succeeded by | Fred Fielding |
| White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy | |
| In office June 6, 2003 – February 3, 2005 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Joshua Bolten |
| Succeeded by | Karl Rove |
| White House Staff Secretary | |
| In office January 20, 2001 – June 6, 2003 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Lisel Loy |
| Succeeded by | Brett 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 August 10, 1945 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Southern 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.