Jacob W. Miller
Jacob Welsh Miller | |
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| United States Senator from New Jersey | |
| In office March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1853 | |
| Preceded by | Garret D. Wall |
| Succeeded by | William Wright |
| Member of the New Jersey Senate | |
| In office 1839-1840 | |
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| Born | August 29, 1800 Washington Township, New Jersey |
| Died | September 30, 1862 (aged 62) Morristown, New Jersey |
| Political party | Whig |
| Children | George Macculloch Miller |
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Jacob Welsh Miller (August 29, 1800 – September 30, 1862) was a United States Senator from New Jersey.
Early life[]
In 1800, Miller was born in German Valley, New Jersey (in Washington Township, Morris County), United States, North America.[1] He attended the public schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1823, and practiced in Morristown.[1]
Career[]
In 1832, Miller was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly. From 1839 to 1840, he then represented Morris County in the New Jersey Legislative Council (now the New Jersey Senate).[1]
In 1839, Miller was elected as a Whig to the state Senate, and to the U.S. Senate in 1941.[1] He was reelected in 1847, and served from March 4, 1841, to March 3, 1853. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia (Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses).[citation needed]
He joined the Republican Party in 1855.[1]
Personal life[]
In 1825, Miller married Mary Louisa Macculloch, the daughter of George P. Macculloch, a wealthy Morristown engineer and businessman who had designed and built the Morris Canal. They had nine children, including attorney George Macculloch Miller,[2] and Captain Lindley Miller, who served as an officer of a black infantry regiment during the Civil War and wrote "Marching Song of the First Arkansas".[citation needed]
In 1862, Miller died in Morristown, New Jersey.[1][3] He was interred in St. Peter's Parish Churchyard.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. IV. James T. White & Company. 1893. p. 269. Retrieved December 5, 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ "George M. Miller Dead at 85 Years. Prominent Corporation Lawyer Was Secretary of Cathedral of St. John the Divine". New York Times. November 15, 1917. Retrieved November 25, 2009.
- ^ "Death of Ex-Senator Miller". The Daily Empire. Newark, New Jersey. October 1, 1862. p. 4. Retrieved December 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
Bibliography[]
- United States Congress. "Jacob W. Miller (id: M000731)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Macculloch-Miller Family Archives, Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, Morristown, NJ.
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