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Samuel H. Miller

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Samuel Miller
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 28th district
In office
March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917
Preceded byWillis James Hulings
Succeeded byOrrin Dubbs Bleakley
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 26th district
In office
March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885
Preceded bySamuel Bernard Dick
Succeeded byGeorge Washington Fleeger
Personal details
Born(1840-04-19)April 19, 1840
Coolspring Township, Pennsylvania, US
DiedSeptember 4, 1918(1918-09-04) (aged 78)
Mercer, Pennsylvania, US
Political partyRepublican

Samuel Henry Miller (April 19, 1840 – September 4, 1918) was an American educator and Civil War veteran who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania for two terms from 1881 to 1885, and then later a third term from 1915 to 1917.

Formative years

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Born in Coolspring, Pennsylvania (near Mercer) on April 19, 1840, Samuel H. Miller graduated from Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, in 1860. He taught school.

American Civil War

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During the American Civil War, Miller served in the Fifty-fifth Regiment of the Pennsylvania Militia.

Career

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Miller edited and published the Mercer Dispatch from 1861 to 1870. He also studied law, was admitted to the bar and began his legal practice in Mercer in 1871.

Congress

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Miller was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses (1881-1885), but declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1884.

In-between terms

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He resumed the practice of law in Mercer and served as president judge of several courts of Mercer County, Pennsylvania from 1894 to 1904.

Second term

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He was then elected to the Sixty-fourth Congress (1915-1917), but declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1916.

Death and interment

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Miller died in Mercer on September 4, 1918, and was interred at the Mercer Cemetery.

Sources

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  • United States Congress. "Samuel H. Miller (id: M000753)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • The Political Graveyard
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district

1881–1885
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 28th congressional district

1915–1917
Succeeded by