Lucas M. Miller

Lucas Miltiades Miller (born September 15, 1824 in Livadia , Greece , †  December 4, 1902 in Oshkosh , Wisconsin ) was an American politician . Between 1891 and 1893 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

At the age of four, Lucas Miller was orphaned after the death of his birth parents. He was then adopted by JP Miller, an American who was then a colonel in the Greek army in the local war of independence . In the same year 1828 he came to the United States with his adoptive father. There, the family settled in Montpelier in the state of Vermont down where Lucas attended the public schools. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1845, he practiced in Oshkosh in the Wisconsin Territory in this profession. In his new home he also started working in agriculture. During the Mexican-American War he was a Colonel in the militia.

After the war, Miller began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1853 he became a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly . At the same time he was a member of the government committee for the award of public works. He chaired the Winnebago County County Council for ten years . In the congressional election of 1890 Miller was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Wisconsin , where he succeeded Charles B. Clark of the Republican Party on March 4, 1891 . Since he was not nominated for re-election by his party for the elections of 1892, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1893 .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Lucas Miller no longer appeared politically. He died on December 4, 1902 in Oshkosh.

Web links

• Lucas M. Miller in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Lucas M. Miller in the database of Find a Grave (English)