Ezra Miller (politician)

Ezra Miller (May 12, 1812 – July 9, 1885) was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and the New Jersey Senate.

Ezra Miller
Member of the New Jersey Senate
from Bergen County
In office
1884  July 9, 1885
Preceded byIsaac Wortendyke
Succeeded byJohn W. Bogert
Member of the Wisconsin State Senate
from the 17th district
In office
1853–1854
Personal details
Born(1812-05-12)May 12, 1812
Bergen County, New Jersey
DiedJuly 9, 1885(1885-07-09) (aged 73)
Mahwah, New Jersey
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Amanda Miller
(m. 1841)
OccupationInventor, 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

Miller 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

  1. "Ezra Miller Dead". Passaic Daily News. July 11, 1885. p. 2. Retrieved January 4, 2020 via Newspapers.com. open access
  2. Col. Ezra Miller. America's Successful Men. 1896. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  3. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. VII. James T. White & Company. 1897. pp. 116–117. Retrieved February 20, 2021 via Google Books.
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