Samuel F. Miller (U.S. politician)

Samuel Franklin Miller ( born May 27, 1827 in Franklin, New York, † March 16, 1892 ) was an American lawyer and politician. He represented 1863-1865 and 1875-1877 the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Samuel Franklin Miller graduated from the Delaware Literary Institute and 1852 at Hamilton College in Clinton. He studied law. His admission to the bar he received in 1853, but was never extensively his work as a lawyer after. He was instead engaged in agriculture, but also pursued lumber business. In 1854 he sat in the New York State Assembly. He served as a colonel in the militia of New York. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1862 for the 38th Congress Miller was in the 19th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Richard Franchot on March 4, 1863. He retired after the March 3, 1865 out of the Congress.

In 1867 he took part in the Constitutional Convention of New York as a delegate. He was 1869-1873 worked as District Collector of Internal Revenue. In addition, he sat 1869-1877 the Board of Charities of New York.

In 1874 he was a candidate in the 21st electoral district of New York for the 44th Congress. After a successful election, he entered on March 4, 1875 on the succession of Clinton L. Merriam. He then retired after March 3, 1877 from the Congress. After his conference time he was again engaged in agriculture, but also pursued lumber business. On March 16, 1892, he died in Franklin and was then buried in the Valley Cemetery Ouleout.