Homer V. M. Miller

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Homer Virgil Milton Miller (April 29, 1814 – May 31, 1896) was a United States Senator from Georgia.

Born in Pendleton District, South Carolina, he moved with his parents to Rabun County, Georgia in 1820. He attended the common schools and graduated from the Medical College of South Carolina in 1835. He continued medical studies in Paris and commenced practice in Cassville, Georgia, in 1838. Miller was an unsuccessful Whig candidate for election to the Twenty-ninth United States Congress in 1844.

During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate Army as a surgeon and as a medical director, surgeon of posts, and inspector of hospitals in Georgia. He resumed the practice of medicine in Rome, Georgia, and was a member of the State reconstruction convention in 1867. He was a member of the faculty of the Atlanta Medical College, and upon the readmission of Georgia to Congressional representation, he was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate on July 28, 1868, qualified on February 24, 1871, and served until March 3, 1871. Subsequently, he was trustee of the University of Georgia in Athens, and died in Atlanta in May of 1896. Interment was in Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia.

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Preceded by Robert Toombs⁽¹⁾	United States Senator (Class 2) from Georgia February 24, 1871 – March 3, 1871 Served alongside: Joshua Hill	Succeeded by Thomas M. Norwood
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1. Because of Georgia's secession, the Senate seat was vacant for ten years before Miller succeeded Toombs.

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