Orrin Larrabee Miller

Orrin Larrabee Miller, 1896

Orrin Larrabee Miller (born January 11, 1856 in Newburgh , Penobscot County , Maine , † September 11, 1926 in Kansas City , Kansas ) was an American politician . Between 1895 and 1897 he represented the second constituency of the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Orrin Miller attended elementary school in his native Maine and the Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1880, he began to work in Bangor in his new profession. In the same year he moved his residence and his law firm to Kansas City. Between 1887 and 1891 Miller was a district judge in the 29th judicial district of his new home state. Then he worked again as a lawyer. For many years he was the legal advisor to several large railway companies.

Politically, Miller was a member of the Republican Party . In 1894 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second district of Kansas . There he stepped on March 4, 1895 to succeed the Democrat Horace Ladd Moore , whom he had defeated in the election. Since he declined to run again in 1896, Miller was only able to serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1897 . After the end of his political activities in the federal capital, Miller worked again as a lawyer. He died in Kansas City in September 1926 and was buried there.

Web links

• Orrin Larrabee Miller in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Orrin Larrabee Miller in the database of Find a Grave (English)