MILLER, John, a Representative from Missouri; born near Martinsburg, Berkeley County, Va. (now West Virginia), November 25, 1781; attended the common schools; moved to Steubenville, Ohio, about…
MILLER, Joseph, a Representative from Ohio; born in Virginia September 9, 1819; attended the common schools; moved to Ohio and settled in Chillicothe; was graduated from Miami University,…
MILLER, Killian, a Representative from New York; born in Claverack, Columbia County, N.Y., July 30, 1785; pursued an academic course; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced…
MILLER, Nathan, a Delegate from Rhode Island; born in Warren, R.I., March 20, 1743; attended a private school; merchant and shipbuilder; deputy to the general assembly, 1772-1774, 1780, 1782,…
MILLER, Pleasant Moorman, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Lynchburg, Campbell County, Va., birth date unknown; moved to Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tenn., in 1796, and thence to…
Senate Years of Service: 1881-1887Party: RepublicanMILLER, Warner, a Representative and a Senator from New York; born in Hannibal, Oswego County, N.Y., August 12, 1838; attended the common…
MILLER, Warren, a Representative from West Virginia; born at Apple Grove, Meigs County, Ohio, April 2, 1847; moved about 1850 to that portion of Virginia which later became West Virginia and…
Senate Years of Service: 2000-2005Party: DemocratMILLER, Zell Bryan, a Senator from Georgia; born in Young Harris, Georgia, on February 24, 1932; graduated Young Harris College 1951; served in…
(Encyclopedia) New Hampshire Grants, early name (1749–77) for Vermont, given because most of the early settlers came in under land grants from Benning Wentworth, the colonial governor of New…
(Encyclopedia) Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2d marquess ofRockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2d marquess ofrŏkˈĭng-əm [key], 1730–82, British statesman. In the early years of the reign of…
