Homer V. M. Miller

Homer Virgil Milton Miller
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United States Senator from Georgia
In office February 24, 1871 – March 3, 1871
Preceded by	Robert Toombs
Succeeded by	Thomas M. Norwood
Personal details
Born	(1814-04-29)April 29, 1814 Pendleton, South Carolina
Died	Atlanta, Georgia
Political party	Democratic
Military service
Allegiance	Confederate States of America
Service/branch	Confederate States Army
Battles/wars	American Civil War

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

Born in Pendleton, 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 1896. Interment was in Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia.

References

• Homer V. M. Miller at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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