Thomas E. Miller

Thomas E. Miller

Thomas Ezekiel Miller (born June 17, 1849 in Ferrebeeville , Beaufort County , South Carolina , † April 8, 1938 in Charleston , South Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1890 and 1891 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1851 Thomas Miller moved to Charleston with his parents. There and later - after the American Civil War - in Hudson, New York State , he attended public schools. As an African American , he vigorously advocated their civil rights. During his time in Hudson he also worked briefly as a news crier for a railroad company. Miller studied at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania until 1872 . He then returned to South Carolina, where he settled in Grahamville . There he was in 1872 school council in Beaufort County. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1875, he began to work in his new profession in Beaufort .

Politically, Miller became a member of the Republican Party . Between 1874 and 1896 he was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives on several occasions . From 1878 to 1880 he was a member of the South Carolina government council. In 1880 he was also a member of the State Senate . In 1888 Miller ran in the seventh constituency of South Carolina for the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC He was defeated by the Democratic incumbent William Elliott . Miller appealed against the outcome of the election. After this was granted, he was declared the election winner. Between September 24, 1890 and March 3, 1891 he was able to end the legislative period in Congress that had now begun . In the elections of 1890 he was defeated by Elliott, who thus regained his previous seat.

In 1894, Thomas Miller was re-elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives. In 1895 he was a member of a convention to revise the South Carolina constitution. Between 1896 and 1911 Miller headed the State College in Orangeburg . He resigned from this office in 1911 after falling out with Governor Coleman Livingston Blease . After that, he retired. He lived in Charleston until 1923; then he moved to Philadelphia , where he lived until 1934 before returning to Charleston.

Web links

• Thomas E. Miller in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Thomas E. Miller in the database of Find a Grave (English)