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Killian Miller
In office Preceded by Isaac Teller Succeeded by John Thompson
Born (1785-07-30 ) July 30, 1785Claverack, New York , U.S.Died January 9, 1859(1859-01-09) (aged 73 )Hudson, New York , U.S. Resting place Hudson City Cemetery, Hudson, New York, U.S. Political party Opposition Other political
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Killian Miller (July 30, 1785 – January 9, 1859) was a U.S. Representative from New York .
Early life [ edit ]
Born in Claverack, New York on July 30, 1785, Miller attended Washington Seminary . He then studied law with Jacob R. Van Rensselaer , was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Livingston, New York in 1806.[1]
Start of career [ edit ]
Miller became active in politics as a member of the Democratic-Republican Party , and was a Justice of the Peace from 1804 to 1808.[2]
Military service [ edit ]
During the War of 1812 and the years immediately after, Miller served in the New York Militia , first as a Captain of Cavalry in 1st Squadron , 4th Regiment , 3rd Brigade and later as a Major in the 5th Cavalry Regiment.[3] [4]
Later career [ edit ]
During the early 1820s Miller held the position of Master in Chancery, a judicial position in the New York Court of Chancery .[5] Postmaster .[6] [7]
He served as Livingston's Town Clerk from 1823 to 1828,[8] Town Supervisor from 1829 to 1830.[9]
Miller served as member of the New York State Assembly in 1825 and 1828 and was a member of the National Republican Party , the faction of former Democratic-Republicans who supported John Quincy Adams and opposed Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren .[10] [11] Hudson, New York in 1833 and continued the practice of law. Miller became a Whig when the party was founded in the 1830s.[12] [13]
Miller served as Columbia County Clerk from 1837 to 1840.[14] [15]
In 1841 Miller ran unsuccessfully for the New York State Senate , losing to Erastus Corning .[16] [17]
Miller was also active in several businesses, including serving on the board of directors of the Hudson and Boston Railroad .[18]
Congressional career [ edit ]
He was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the 34th Congress (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857). Miller was elected as an opponent of extending slavery. Serving in Congress at the end of the Whig Party and the founding of the Republican Party , Miller often sided with opponents of the Franklin Pierce administration, including old-line Whigs, newly-identified Republicans, and the Know Nothing movement.[19] [20]
Death and burial [ edit ]
Miller died in Hudson, New York on January 11, 1859[21] [22]
References [ edit ]
^ Council of Appointment of the State of New York, Military Minutes of the Council of Appointment of the State of New York , Volume 2, 1901, page 1343
^ Council of Appointment of the State of New York, Military Minutes of the Council of Appointment of the State of New York , Volume 3, 1901, page 1915
^ The Plough Boy: And Journal of the Board of Agriculture, Appointments by the Hon. The Council of Appointment , Volume 7, July 17, 1819, page 55
^ United States Post Office Department, List of Post-Offices in the United States , 1823, page 65
^ United States Department of State, Register of All Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States , 1830, page 59
^ R. M. Terry and J. W. Prentiss, Civil List of Columbia County and Official Hand-Book, 1786-1886 , 1885, page 118
^ R. M. Terry and J. W. Prentiss, Civil List of Columbia County and Official Hand-Book, 1786-1886 , 1885, page 117
^ Hudson Gazette, Columbia County at the End of the Century , 1900, page 113
^ R. M. Terry and J. W. Prentiss, Civil List of Columbia County and Official Hand-Book, 1786-1886 , 1885, page 36
^ William Henry Seward, Frederick William Seward, William H. Seward: 1831-1846 , 1891, page 569
^ Horace Greeley, Park Benjamin, The New-Yorker , Volume 3, 1837, page 475
^ R. M. Terry and J. W. Prentiss, Civil List of Columbia County and Official Hand-Book, 1786-1886 , 1885, page 52
^ R. M. Terry and J. W. Prentiss, Civil List of Columbia County and Official Hand-Book, 1786-1886 , 1885, page 149
^ Horace Greeley, editor, The Tribune Almanac and Political Register , Volume 1, 1868, page 39
^ R. M. Terry and J. W. Prentiss, Civil List of Columbia County and Official Hand-Book, 1786-1886 , 1885, page 110
^ New York State Engineer and Surveyor, Annual Report on the Railroads of the State of New York , 1859, page 105
^ Horace Greeley, editor, The Tribune Almanac: House of Representatives, XXXIVth Congress , 1856, page 17
^ William E. Gienapp, The Origins of the Republican Party, 1852-1856 , 1987, page 229
^ Janet Wethy Foley, Early Settlers of New York State: Their Ancestors and Descendants , Volume 1, 1934, page 544
^ Thomas E. Spencer, Where They're Buried , 1998, page 246
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