Ahiman Louis Miner
Member of the
United States House of Representatives
from Vermont's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
Preceded byWilliam Henry
Succeeded byJames Meacham
Member of the Vermont Senate
In office
1840
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office
1838–1839
1846
1853
1861
1865–1868
Personal details
Born(1804-09-23)September 23, 1804
Middletown, Vermont, US
DiedJuly 19, 1886(1886-07-19) (aged 81)
Manchester, Vermont, US
Political partyWhig Party (United States)
SpouseSusan S. Roberts[1]
ChildrenAhiman Louis Miners[2]
ProfessionPolitician, Lawyer

Ahiman Louis Miner (September 23, 1804 – July 19, 1886) was an American politician. He served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Vermont from 1851 to 1853.

Biography

Miner was born in Middletown, Rutland County, Vermont, to Gideon Lewis Miner and Rachel Davison Miner.[3] He attended the common schools and Castleton Academy. He worked on his father's farm when he was a young man. He studied law in Poultney and Rutland, Vermont. Miner was admitted to the bar in 1832 and began the practice of law in Wallingford. He practiced law in Wallingford from 1833 until 1836.[4]

He moved to Manchester, Vermont, in 1835 and continued the practice of law.

Political career

He served as clerk of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1836 until 1838.[5] He served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1838, 1839, 1846, 1853, 1861 and from 1865 until 1868. Miner served in the Vermont Senate in 1840.[6][7]

He was state's attorney for Bennington County from 1843 until 1844.[8] He then served as register of probate for seven years,[9] and as judge of probate from 1846 until 1849.[10][11] He was a Justice of the Peace from 1846 until 1886.

Congress

Miner was elected as a Whig candidate to the Thirty-second Congress, serving from March 4, 1851, until March 3, 1853.[12] He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1852. After leaving Congress he resumed the practice of law.[13]

Death and legacy

Miner died on July 19, 1886, in Manchester, Vermont.

The University of Vermont has a collection of papers titled "The Ahiman L. Miner Papers" that includes Miner's correspondence, legal documents and financial documents from 1800 to 1897.[14]

References

  1. ^ Middlebury College (1917). Catalogue of officers and students of Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont: and of others who have received degrees, 1800-1915. Middlebury College. p. 250.
  2. ^ Middlebury College (1917). Catalogue of officers and students of Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont: and of others who have received degrees, 1800-1915. Middlebury College. p. 250.
  3. ^ "Descendants of John Miner". Thomas Miner Society. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  4. ^ Crockett, Walter Hill (1921). Vermont: the Green mountain state, Volume 3. The Century history company, inc. pp. 387.
  5. ^ Houghton, Osgood (1878). The Political Register and Congressional Directory: A Statistical Record of the Federal Officials, Legislative, Executive, and Judicial, of the United States of America, 1776-1878. Houghton, Osgood. p. 536.
  6. ^ "Manchester". Vermont Historical Magazine. Archived from the original on December 30, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
  7. ^ Herringshaw, Thomas William (1901). Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century: Accurate and Succinct Biographies of Famous Men and Women in All Walks of Life who are Or Have Been the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States Since Its Formation. American publishers' Association. p. 682.
  8. ^ Crockett, Walter Hill (1921). Vermont: the Green mountain state, Volume 3. The Century history company, inc. pp. 387.
  9. ^ Frisbie, Barnes (1867). The history of Middletown, Vermont, in three discourses: delivered before the citizens of that town, February 7 and 21, and March 30, 1867. Tuttle & Co. pp. 27. ahiman miner register of probate.
  10. ^ Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives (1879). Journal of the House of the State of Vermont. House of Representatives. p. 411.
  11. ^ "Ahiman L. Miner Papers". The University of Vermont Special Collections. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
  12. ^ "Rep. Ahiman Miner". Govtrack.us. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
  13. ^ "MINER, Ahiman Louis, (1804 - 1886)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
  14. ^ "Ahiman L. Miner Papers". The University of Vermont Special Collections. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
A. L. Miner's Signature, 09/1854

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