Ahiman Louis Miner

Ahiman Louis Miner

Ahiman Louis Miner (born September 23, 1804 in Middletown , Vermont , † July 19, 1886 in Manchester , Vermont) was an American politician . Between 1851 and 1853 he represented the first constituency of the state of Vermont in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Ahiman Miner attended his homeland public schools and the Castleton Academy . After studying law in Poultney and Rutland and his admission to the bar in 1832, he began to work in Wallingford in his new profession in 1833 . In 1835 he moved his residence and legal practice to Manchester.

Miner was a member of the Whig Party . Between 1836 and 1838 he was an administrator in the Vermont House of Representatives . In 1838, 1839 and 1846 he was elected as a member of this Chamber of Parliament; In 1840 he was a member of the State Senate . Between 1843 and 1844, Miner was a district attorney in Bennington County . He then worked at a probate court as an employee and from 1846 to 1849 as a judge. Miner also served as justice of the peace from 1846 until his death in 1886.

In 1850, Miner was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the First District of Vermont . There he took over from William Henry on March 4, 1851 . Since he refused to run again in 1852, he was only able to complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1853 . After his tenure in Congress ended, Miner returned to practice as a lawyer. But he also remained politically active. He was again a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1853, 1861, and from 1865 to 1868. He died in Manchester in July 1886.

Web links

• Ahiman Louis Miner in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Ahiman Louis Miner in the database of Find a Grave (English)