Samuel F. Miller (U.S. politician) explained

Samuel F. Miller
Image Name:Samuel F. Miller.jpg
Office:Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from New York
Term Start:March 4, 1863
Term End:March 3, 1865
Succeeded:Demas Hubbard, Jr.
Term Start1:March 4, 1875
Term End1:March 3, 1877
Preceded1:Clinton L. Merriam
Succeeded1:Solomon Bundy
State Assembly3:New York
District3:Delaware County, 1st
Term Start3:January 1, 1854
Term End3:December 31, 1854
Preceded3:Charles S. Rogers
Succeeded3:William B. Smith
Birth Date:27 May 1827
Birth Place:Franklin, New York
Death Place:Franklin, New York
Party:Republican

Samuel Franklin Miller (May 27, 1827 – March 16, 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 May 27, 1827. He graduated from the Delaware Literary Institute, then studied law at Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, from which he graduated in 1852.[1] Miller was admitted to the bar in 1853, but instead of practicing law instead engaged in farming and lumbering.

Miller was elected as a member of the New York State Assembly for Delaware County (1st District) in 1854. He served as a colonel in the State militia and was elected as a Republican to the 38th United States Congress from March 4, 1863, to March 3, 1865. He was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1867, district collector of internal revenue from 1869 to 1873, and a member of the State board of charities from 1869 to 1877. He was elected to the 44th United States Congress from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1877.

After leaving politics, Miller lived at his farm in North Franklin,[2] where he engaged in agricultural pursuits and lumbering. He died in Franklin on March 16, 1892, and was interred there, in Ouleout Valley Cemetery.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lanman . Charles . Dictionary of the United States Congress: And the General Government . 1868 . T. Belknap and H.E. Goodwin . Hartford . 269 . 5th . https://books.google.com/books?id=T14DAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA269 . Miller, Samuel F..
  2. Book: History of Delaware County, N. Y.: With Illustrations, Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Some Pioneers and Prominent Residents . 1880 . W. E. Morrison . New York . 192 . 29 October 2021.