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Ezra Miller (politician)

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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
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(m. 1841)​
OccupationInventor, politician
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Ezra Miller (May 12, 1812 – July 9, 1885) was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and the New Jersey Senate.

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

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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

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  1. ^ a b "Ezra Miller Dead". Passaic Daily News. July 11, 1885. p. 2. Retrieved January 4, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ Col. Ezra Miller. America's Successful Men. 1896. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  3. ^ a b 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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