William H. H. Miller

William Henry Harrison Miller ( born September 6, 1840 in Augusta, New York, † May 25, 1917 in Indianapolis, Indiana) was an American lawyer and politician ( Republican) of the Cabinet of President Benjamin Harrison as Minister of Justice belonged.

Study and career

Miller initially completed a general education studies at Hamilton College in Clinton (New York), which he finished in 1861 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). During the Civil War he was a soldier in the 84th Infantry Regiment in 1862 from Ohio. However, he was never involved during this time in the military to military action in the Civil War.

He then studied law in the later Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite, what was possible then. In 1865 admitted to the bar in Peru ( Indiana). After a short time as a lawyer in the small town of Peru, he was in Miami County Board of Education. In 1866 he settled as a lawyer in Fort Wayne (Indiana) down, before in 1874 he became a partner in the law firm of Benjamin Harrison, the grandson of former U.S. President William Henry Harrison, in Indianapolis. In addition to this partnership, Harrison Miller advised especially in its election campaigns for governor, senator and president.

Minister of Justice under President Harrison

After Harrison was elected U.S. President, he appointed William Miller on March 7, 1889 as Minister of Justice ( Attorney General ) in his cabinet. This exercised the office until the end of Harrison's presidency from March 4, 1893.

As Minister of Justice, he became deeply through the application of the Antitrust Act ( Sherman Antitrust Act ). After retiring from the Justice Department, he worked as a lawyer in Indiana again.