Frederick Miles

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Frederick Miles (December 19, 1815 - November 20, 1896) was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Goshen, Connecticut where he attended the common schools and pursued an academic course. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Goshen until 1857 before he moved to Twinlakes, Connecticut and later, in 1858, to Salisbury, Connecticut and engaged in the manufacture of iron.

Miles was a member of the Connecticut Senate from 1877 until February 1879, when he resigned. He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883) but he declined a nomination for reelection. Miles was again elected to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891) but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress. After leaving Congress, he resumed business activities and died near Salisbury, Connecticut in 1896. He was buried in Salisbury Cemetery.

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• Frederick Miles at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress