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Samuel F. Miller (U.S. politician)
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.[1] He graduated from the Delaware Literary Institute,[1] then studied law at Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, from which he graduated in 1852.[2] Miller was admitted to the bar in 1853, but instead of practicing law instead engaged in farming and lumbering.[2] Miller was elected as a member of the New York State Assembly for Delaware County (1st District) in 1854.[1] He served as a colonel in the State militia and was elected as a Republican to the 38th United States Congress from March 4, 1863, to March 3, 1865.[1] He was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1867, district collector of internal revenue from 1869 to 1873, and a member of the State board of charities from 1869 to 1877.[1] He was elected to the 44th United States Congress from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1877.[1] After leaving politics, Miller lived at his farm in North Franklin,[3] where he engaged in agricultural pursuits and lumbering.[1] He died in Franklin on March 16, 1892, and was interred there, in Ouleout Valley Cemetery.[1] References
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