Ezra Miller (May 12, 1812 – July 9, 1885) was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and the New Jersey Senate.
Ezra Miller | |
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| Member of the New Jersey Senate from Bergen County | |
| In office 1884 – July 9, 1885 | |
| Preceded by | Isaac Wortendyke |
| Succeeded by | John W. Bogert |
| Member of the Wisconsin State Senate from the 17th district | |
| In office 1853–1854 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 12, 1812 Bergen County, New Jersey |
| Died | July 9, 1885 (aged 73) Mahwah, New Jersey |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Amanda Miller (m. 1841) |
| Occupation | Inventor, politician |
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Miller was born in Bergen County, New Jersey.[1][2]
In 1833, he joined the 2nd New York Militia. Miller married his wife, Amanda, in May 1841.[3] They had three children and moved to Magnolia, Wisconsin. In 1851, he was commissioned a colonel in the 8th Wisconsin Militia.
In 1863, he was granted the first in a series of patents for railroad couplers which came to be known as the Miller platform.[3]
Miller died on July 9, 1885, in Mahwah, New Jersey.[1]
Political career
editMiller was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate from the 17th district from 1853 to 1854. Additionally, he was a justice of the peace in Magnolia and Postmaster of Janesville, Wisconsin. Miller joined the New Jersey Senate in 1884. He was a Democrat.
References
edit- ^ a b "Ezra Miller Dead". Passaic Daily News. July 11, 1885. p. 2. Retrieved January 4, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Col. Ezra Miller. America's Successful Men. 1896. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
- ^ a b The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. VII. James T. White & Company. 1897. pp. 116–117. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Google Books.