William Henry Harrison Miller | |
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40th United States Attorney General | |
In office March 7, 1889 – March 4, 1893 | |
Preceded by | Augustus H. Garland |
Succeeded by | Richard Olney |
Personal details | |
Born | Augusta, New York, U.S. | September 6, 1840
Died | May 25, 1917 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. | (aged 76)
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Hamilton College |
Profession | Lawyer, Politician |
William Henry Harrison Miller (September 6, 1840–May 25, 1917) was an American lawyer and Attorney General of the United States.[1]
Born in Augusta, New York, Miller graduated from Hamilton College in 1861.[1] He studied law in the office of Chief Justice Morrison Waite, and was admitted to the bar in Peru, Indiana in 1865.[1] Miller practiced in that city for a short time, and was also the county school examiner.[1] For many years, he was an advisor to General Benjamin Harrison.[1] In 1889, President Harrison made Miller Attorney General.[1] He was Attorney General until 1893.[1]
Miller died in 1917 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery in that city.[2]