Samuel Henry Miller (April 19, 1840 – September 4, 1918) was an American educator and

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veteran who served as a Republican member of the

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from

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for two terms from 1881 to 1885, and then, thirty years later, for a third term from 1915 to 1917.

Early life

Born in Coolspring Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, on April 19, 1840, Miller graduated from Westminster College in

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, in 1860. He taught school. During the

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, Miller served in the Fifty-fifth Regiment of the Pennsylvania Militia.

Career

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

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. Between terms, he resumed the practice of law in Mercer and served as president judge of several courts of

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from 1894 to 1904. He was then elected to the Sixty-fourth Congress (1915-1917), but declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1916.

Death and interment

Miller died in

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, on September 4, 1918, aged 78, and was interred at Mercer Citizens Cemetery.

Sources

The Political Graveyard
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Samuel H. 1840 births 1918 deaths Pennsylvania lawyers Westminster College (Pennsylvania) alumni Politicians from Mercer County, Pennsylvania Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 19th-century American lawyers 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives