James M. Miller
From the February 1909 issue of National Magazine
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1911
Preceded byCharles Curtis
Succeeded byFred S. Jackson
Personal details
Born(1852-05-06)May 6, 1852
Three Springs, Pennsylvania
DiedJanuary 20, 1926(1926-01-20) (aged 73)
Council Grove, Kansas
Political partyRepublican

James Monroe Miller (May 6, 1852 – January 20, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.

Born in Three Springs, Pennsylvania, Miller attended the district school and graduated from Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in 1875. He moved to Skiddy, Kansas, in 1875.

Miller was Superintendent of schools in Council Grove, Kansas, for two terms, and while holding this position studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1879 and commenced practice in Council Grove, Kansas. Miller was elected prosecuting attorney of Morris County, Kansas, in 1880 and again in 1884 and 1886. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1894 and 1895.

Miller was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1911).[1] He served as chairman of the Committee on Claims (Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses), Committee on Elections No. 2 (Sixty-first Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1910.

Miller resumed the practice of law in Council Grove, Kansas, and died there January 20, 1926. He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery.

References

  1. ^ "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. 9 November 1903. p. 35. Retrieved 2 July 2023.

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U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byCharles Curtis Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 4th congressional district March 4, 1899 - March 3, 1911 Succeeded byFred S. Jackson
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