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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | John Franklin Miller |
| Address |
, California , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
November 21, 1831
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| Died | March 08, 1886
(54 years)
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Modifed | RP
May 01, 2003 07:16pm |
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| Info | (uncle of John Franklin Miller [1862-1936]), a Senator from California; born in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind., November 21, 1831; pursued an academic course; studied law and graduated from the New York State Law School in 1852; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in South Bend, Ind.; moved to California, where he practiced for a short time and then returned to South Bend; member, Indiana State Senate 1860-1861; entered the Union Army in 1861; brevetted major general in 1865, resigned, and returned to California; collector of the port of San Francisco 1865-1869, declining reappointment in 1869 to accept the presidency of the Alaska Commercial Company; delegate to the second State constitutional convention 1878-1879; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1881, until his death in Washington, D.C., March 8, 1886; chairman, Committee to Revise the Laws of the United States (Forty-seventh Congress), Committee on Foreign Relations (Forty-ninth Congress); interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery, San Francisco, Calif.; reinterment in Arlington National Cemetery, Fort Myer, Va., May 5, 1913.
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