Orrin Larrabee Miller (January 11, 1856 – September 11, 1926) was an American politician who served as a member of the

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for Kansas's 2nd congressional district from 1895 to 1897.

Early life

Miller was born in

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. He attended local common schools and graduated from the Maine Central Institute at

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. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1880.

Career

Miller began his career in Bangor, Maine, before moving to

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, in 1880. He was appointed and subsequently elected district judge for the twenty-ninth judicial district of Kansas in 1887, and served until 1891, when he resigned to resume the practice of law. He served as counsel for many years for several large railroad corporations and was elected as a

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to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897). Miller declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1896.

Personal life

Miller continued the practice of law in

, until his death there on September 11, 1926. He was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.

References

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