Samuel F. Miller | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 19th, 21st district |
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In office 1863 - 1865, 1875 - 1877 |
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Preceded by | Richard Franchot, Clinton L. Merriam |
Succeeded by | Demas Hubbard, Jr., Solomon Bundy |
Personal details | |
Born | May 27, 1827 Franklin, New York |
Died | March 16, 1892 Franklin, New York |
Political party | Republican |
Samuel Franklin Miller (27 May 1827 - 16 March 1892) was a United States Representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War.
Miller was born in Franklin, Delaware County, New York on 27 May 1827. He graduated from the Delaware Literary Institute and Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., in 1852; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1853, but did not engage in extensive practice; engaged in farming and lumbering; member of the State assembly in 1854; served as a colonel in the State militia; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth Congress (4 March 1863 - 3 March 1865); member of the State constitutional convention in 1867; district collector of internal revenue 1869 - 1873; member of the State board of charities 1869 - 1877; elected to the Forty-fourth Congress (4 March 1875 - 3 March 1877); continued agricultural pursuits and lumbering; died in Franklin, N.Y., on 16 March 1892; interment in Ouleout Valley Cemetery.
United States House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by Richard Franchot |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 19th congressional district 1863 - 1865 |
Succeeded by Demas Hubbard, Jr. |
Preceded by Clinton L. Merriam |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 21st congressional district 1875 - 1877 |
Succeeded by Solomon Bundy |