Daniel F. Miller
Daniel Fry Miller ( born October 4, 1814 Cumberland, Maryland; † 9 December 1895 in Omaha, Nebraska ) was an American politician. Between 1850 and 1851 he represented the state of Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Career
In 1816, Daniel Miller moved with his parents in the Wayne County, Ohio. There he attended the public schools. Later, he worked as a teacher. He also worked in the town of Wooster in the newspaper business. In 1830 he moved to Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. There he worked as a store clerk. After studying law and its made in 1839 admitted to the bar, he began practicing in his new profession in Fort Madison, Iowa Territory.
Miller was a member of the Whig Party and in 1840 elected to the Territorial House of Representatives. In the congressional elections of 1848 he was defeated in the first electoral district of Iowa the incumbent William Thompson of the Democratic Party. But since it was came in the elections to irregularities, Miller filed an opposition against the election results. In the meantime, the controversial mandate of Thompson was exercised. On 29 June 1850, the elections invalid and the House of Representatives seat was declared vacant. At the same time special election was announced for this mandate. Here, Miller won against Thompson. So that he could end the legislative session in Congress between 20 December 1850 and 3 March.
After his short time in the House of Representatives Daniel Miller again worked as a lawyer. After the dissolution of his party in the 1850s he became a member of the Republican Party. In 1856 he was one of the electors in the presidential elections. He voted for John Charles Frémont, but lost to Democrat James Buchanan. In 1859 Miller was mayor of Fort Madison. Then he moved to Keokuk, where he continues to practice as a lawyer. In 1860 he applied unsuccessfully for a judgeship on the Supreme Court of Iowa. In 1873 he became mayor of Keokuk; 1894 Miller was again elected at the age of almost 80 years in the House of Representatives from Iowa. The following year he moved to Omaha, Nebraska, where he died in December 1895.