Samuel F. Miller (US politician)

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Samuel F. Miller
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 19th, 21st district
In office 1863 - 1865, 1875 - 1877
Preceded by	Richard Franchot, Clinton L. Merriam
Succeeded by	Demas Hubbard, Jr., Solomon Bundy
Born	May 27, 1827 Franklin, New York
Died	March 16, 1892 Franklin, New York
Political party	Republican

For other people named Samuel Miller, see Samuel Miller

Samuel Franklin Miller (May 27, 1827 - March 16, 1892) was a United States Representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War.

Miller was born in Franklin, Delaware County, New York on May 27, 1827. He graduated from the Delaware Literary Institute and Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., in 1852; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1853, but did not engage in extensive practice; engaged in farming and lumbering; member of the State assembly in 1854; served as a colonel in the State militia; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1865); member of the State constitutional convention in 1867; district collector of internal revenue 1869 - 1873; member of the State board of charities 1869 - 1877; elected to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1877); continued agricultural pursuits and lumbering; died in Franklin, N.Y., on March 16, 1892; interment in Ouleout Valley Cemetery.

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• Samuel F. Miller (US politician) at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by Richard Franchot	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 19th congressional district 1863 - 1865	Succeeded by Demas Hubbard, Jr.
Preceded by Clinton L. Merriam	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 21st congressional district 1875 - 1877	Succeeded by Solomon Bundy