George Funston Miller

George Funston Miller ( born September 5, 1809 in Chillisquaque, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, † October 21, 1885 in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1865 and 1869 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

George Miller attended the Kirkpatrick 's Academy in Milton and taught for some time after even as a teacher. After a subsequent law degree in 1833 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began to work in Lewisburg in this profession. Between 1846 and 1882 he was curator of Bucknell University. In the 1850s he became a member of the then rather Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1864 Miller was in 14th legislative district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the Democrats William Henry Miller on March 4, 1865. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1869 two legislative sessions. In April 1865 ended the civil war. In 1865 or 1868 the 13th and the 14th Amendment to the Constitution were ratified. Since 1865 the work of the Congress of the tensions between the Republicans and President Andrew Johnson was charged, which culminated in a narrowly failed impeachment.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives George Miller practiced as a lawyer again. He was also president of the railway company Lewisburg, Centre and Spruce Creek Railroad. He died on October 21, 1885 in Lewisburg, where he was also buried.