Samuel H. Miller
Samuel Miller | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 28th district | |
| In office March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917 | |
| Preceded by | Willis James Hulings |
| Succeeded by | Orrin Dubbs Bleakley |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 26th district | |
| In office March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel Bernard Dick |
| Succeeded by | George Washington Fleeger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 19, 1840 Coolspring Township, Pennsylvania, US |
| Died | September 4, 1918 (aged 78) Mercer, Pennsylvania, US |
| Political party | Republican |
Samuel Henry Miller (April 19, 1840 – September 4, 1918) was an American educator and Civil War veteran who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania for two terms from 1881 to 1885, and then, thirty years later, for a third term from 1915 to 1917.
Formative years
[edit]Born in Coolspring, Pennsylvania (near Mercer) on April 19, 1840, Samuel H. Miller graduated from Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, in 1860. He taught school.
American Civil War
[edit]During the American Civil War, Miller served in the Fifty-fifth Regiment of the Pennsylvania Militia.
Career
[edit]Miller edited and published the Mercer Dispatch from 1861 to 1870. He also studied law, was admitted to the bar and began his legal practice in Mercer in 1871.
Congress
[edit]Miller was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses (1881-1885), but declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1884.
In-between terms
[edit]He resumed the practice of law in Mercer and served as president judge of several courts of Mercer County, Pennsylvania from 1894 to 1904.
Second term
[edit]He was then elected to the Sixty-fourth Congress (1915-1917), but declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1916.
Death and interment
[edit]Miller died in Mercer on September 4, 1918, and was interred at the Mercer Cemetery.
Sources
[edit]- United States Congress. "Samuel H. Miller (id: M000753)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
