| Ezra Miller | |
| Birth Date: | 12 May 1812 |
| Birth Place: | Bergen County, New Jersey |
| Death Place: | Mahwah, New Jersey |
| Occupation: | Inventor, politician |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Signature: | Signature of Ezra Miller (1812–1885).png |
| Office1: | Member of the New Jersey Senate from Bergen County |
| Term Start1: | 1884 |
| Term End1: | July 9, 1885 |
| Predecessor1: | Isaac Wortendyke |
| Successor1: | John W. Bogert |
| Office2: | Member of the Wisconsin State Senate from the 17th district |
| Term Start2: | 1853 |
| Term End2: | 1854 |
Ezra Miller (May 12, 1812 – July 9, 1885) was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and the New Jersey Senate.
Miller was born in Bergen County, New Jersey.[1] [2]
In 1833, he joined the 2nd New York Militia. Miller married his wife, Amanda, in May 1841.[3] They had three children and moved to Magnolia, Wisconsin. In 1851, he was commissioned a colonel in the 8th Wisconsin Militia.
In 1863, he was granted the first in a series of patents for railroad couplers which came to be known as the Miller platform.[3]
Miller died on July 9, 1885, in Mahwah, New Jersey.[1]
Miller was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate from the 17th district from 1853 to 1854. Additionally, he was a justice of the peace in Magnolia and Postmaster of Janesville, Wisconsin. Miller joined the New Jersey Senate in 1884. He was a Democrat.