Miller, Samuel F – Mills, Caleb
Miller, Samuel F
state legislator, congressman, was born May 27, 1827, in Franklin, N. Y. In 1854 he was elected to the New York legislature; and in 1850 and 1857 was supervisor of Franklin. He was for fifteen years identified as colonel with the state militia. In 1862 he was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-eighth congress. He was elected to the forty-fourth congress.
Miller, Samuel Freeman
physician, lawyer, jurist, author, was born April 5, 1816, in Richmond, Ky. He settled in Iowa and became one of the leaders of the republican party in that state. In 1862 he was appointed a justice of the supreme court of the United States. He was the author of The Supreme Court of the United States, a series of biographies; and Reports of Supreme Court Decisions.
He died Oct. 12, 1890, in Washington, D. C.
Miller, Samuel H
lawyer, journalist, congressman, was born April 19, 1840, ⚫ in Mercer county, Pa. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-seventh and forty-eighth congresses as a republican.
Miller, Smith
agriculturist, state legislator, congressman, was born in North Carolina. He was a member of both branches of the legislature of Indiana; and was a representative in congress from 1853 to 1855.
Miller, Solomon
journalist, legislator, was born Jan. 22, 1831, near Lafayette, Ind. He commenced life as a printer, and became founder of the Troy (Kas.) Chief in 1857. He was a member of the Kansas legislature in 1862, and state senator for four terms. This veteran editor still continues his editorial work. was
Miller, Stephen
governor, born Jan. 7, 1816, in Perry county, Pa.
He was governor of Minnesota from 1863 to 1866. He died Aug. 18, 1881, in Worthington, Minn.
Miller, Stephen Decatur
lawyer, United States senator, governor, was born in May, 1787. in Waxsaw settlement, S. C. He served in the South Carolina senate in 1822; represented his native state in the lower house of congress from 1814 to 1819; and was governor of South Carolina from 1828 to 1830. He was elected a senator in congress for the term from 1831 to 1837, but resigned on account of his health at the end of two years. He died March 8, 1838, in Raymond, Miss.
Miller, Stephen Franks
lawyer, author, was born about 1810 in North Carolina. He was a once noted Georgia lawyer; and the author of Bench and Bar of Georgia; Wilkins Wylder, or the Successful Man; and Memoir of General Blackshear and the War in Georgia. He died in 1867 in Oglethorpe, Ga.
Miller, Sterling Jackson
educator, public official, clergyman, was born June 1, 1868, near Spencer, W. Va. He attended the West Virginia Conference seminary; Marshall college; the West Virginia university; and the Franklin college of Ohio, from which latter institution he received the degree of Ph. B. He taught school for several years; then entered mercantile business; and has filled various public positions of trust. He is a member of the West Virginia conference of the methodist episcopal church; has filled several pastorates; and is now filling a pastorate in Morgantown, W. Va.
Miller, Theodore
lawyer, jurist, was born in May, 1816, in Hudson, N. Y.
He was made associate justice of the court of appeals of New York in 1874 and held office till 1886, when he was retired on account of age.
Miller, Thomas E
lawyer, state legislator, state senator, congressman, was born June 17, 1849, in Ferrybeeville, S. C.
He was elected to the lower house of the South Carolina legislature in 1874, 1876 and 1878, and to the state senate in 1880. He was returned to the lower house in 1886; and in 1878 he was nominated by his party for lieutenant-governor of South Carolina. He was nominated by the republicans in 1888 and elected to the fifty-first congress, but was counted out by the democratic returning boards.
Miller, Thomas J
manufacturer, state senator, was born Oct. 30, 1857, in North Annville, Pa. For many years he has been a successful manufacturer of cigars in Olympia, Wash., where he also owns an extensive prune orchard. In 1896 he was elected a member of the Washington state senate.
Miller, Warner
soldier, manufacturer, state legislator, congressman, United States senator, was born Aug. 12, 1838, in Oswego county, N. Y. He was elected a representative in the New York state legislature in 1874 and 1875. He was elected a representative from New York to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses; and elected a senator of the United States from New York to fill a vacancy in 1881.
Miller, Warren
jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born April 2, 1847, in Meigs county, Ohio. He served as assistant prosecuting attorney for Jackson county, W. Va., one term and as prosecuting attorney eight years from 1881. He was a member of the West Virginia legislature in 1890-91. He was elected to the fifty-fourth and re-elected to the fiftyfifth congress as a republican.
Miller, William
state legislator, governor, was born in Warren county, N.
C. From 1810 to 1814 he served in the North Carolina legislature and was governor of the state from 1814 to 1817.
Miller, William
founder of the sect of Millerites, was born April 24, 1781, in Pittsfield, Mass. In 1833 he began to predict that the end of the world would come in 1843, when the faithful would be translated. His followers, who are said to have numbered nearly fifty thousand, greatly decreased after his death. He died Dec. 20, 1849, in Low Hampton, N. Y.
Miller, William H
congressman, was born Jan. 29, 1828, in Perry county, Pa. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-eighth gress. con-
Miller, William Henry Harri- Son
soldier, lawyer, was born Sept. 6, 1840, in Augusta, N. Y. He is one of the foremost lawyers of Indiana at Indianapolis; and has been attorney-general of the United States.
Miller, William R
lawyer, governor, was born Nov. 27, 1823, near Batesville, Ark. In 1857 he removed to Little Rock, Ark.; and served as auditor, by reelections, until 1865. In 1866 he was again elected auditor. He returned to Batesville and resumed the practice of his profession; and in 1874 was again elected auditor of the state, serving until 1877.
In 1876 he was elected governor of Arkansas; and was re-elected in 1878, serving until 1881. In 1874 he again took up his residence in Little Rock; was deputy state treasurer in 1881 and 1882; and in 1886 was again elected state auditor.
Miller, William S
congressman.
He was a representative from congress from New York from 1845 to 1847. He died Nov. 9, 1854, in New York city.
Millet, Francis Davis
artist, author, was born Nov. 3, 1846, in Mattapoisett, Mass. He is an artist and author of New York city. He is the author of A Capillary Crime, and Other Stories; and The Danube from the Black Forest to the Black Sea.
Millholland, James A
railroad president, was born Dec. 8, 1842, in Baltimore, Md. Since 1893 he has been president of the George's Creek and Cumberland railroad at Cumberland, Md.
Milligan, John
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Dec. 10, 1795, in Cecil county, Md. In 1830 he was elected a member of the house of representatives in congress from Delaware, and served from 1831 to 1839. In 1839 he was appointed judge of the superior court of the state of Delaware.
Milligan, Robert
clergyman, educator, college president, author, was born July 25, 1814, in Ireland. He was a Campbellite clergyman and educator; and president of Kentucky university in 1859-66. He was the author of Brief Treatise on Prayer; Reason and Revelation; Scheme of Redemption; The Great Commission; and Analysis of the New Testament Commentary on Hebrews. He died March 20, 1875, in Lexington, Ky.
Milligan, Samuel
lawyer, jurist.
He was a citizen of Tennessee, from which state he was appointed an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of Nebraska, residing at Dakota City.
Milligan, William Mckindree
lawyer, legislator, was born March 13, 1851, in Bedford, Ind. He attended the DePauw university of Indiana, then known as the Asbury university. He served with distinction as a member of the Kansas state legislature; has been county attorney; and is one of the leading lawyers of Kansas, at Pittsburg.
Milliken, Seth L
lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 12, 1831, in Montville, Maine. In 1856 he was elected a representative in the Maine legislature, and He was re-elected the following year. engaged in the practice of law at Belfast, Maine; and was elected a representative from Maine to the forty-eighth, fortyninth, fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second, fiftythird, fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a republican.
Millikin, Charles W
lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 15, 1827, in Graves county, Ky. He was attorney of Simpson county, Ky., five years; was appointed in 1867 attorney for the fourth judicial district of Kentucky to fill a vacancy; and elected the following August to serve out the unexpired term, and reelected in 1868 for a full term of six years. He was elected to the forty-third and forty-fourth congresses as a democrat.
Mills, Abraham
educator, author, was born in 1769 in Dutchess county, N. Y.
He was a popular educator of New York city who, besides editing a number of text-books, was author of Literature and Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland; Outlines of Rhetoric; Poets and Poetry of the Ancient Greeks; and Compendium of the History of the Ancient Hebrews. He died July 8, 1867, in New York.
Mills, Caleb
educator, was born July 29, 1806, in Dunbarton, N. H. He was the second state superintendent of Indiana, and father of the free schools of Indiana. He was noted throughout the state as a lecturer. One of his most popular lectures was entitled Suggestions to Youth on the Right Formation of Character. On retiring from the state superintendency he resumed the chair of Greek in the Wabash college, and continued until his death, which occurred Oct. 17, 1879.