Miller, Warner, 1838-1918

LC control no.	no 95043103
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Miller, Warner, 1838-1918 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	1838-08-12
Death date	1918-03-21
Place of birth	Hannibal (N.Y.)
Place of death	New York (N.Y.)
Affiliation	United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Found in	Butter vs. oleomargarine, 1886: t.p. (Hon. Warner Miller, of New York) Bio. dir. Am. Con., 1961 (Miller, Warner; Republican Representative and Senator from N.Y.; b. Aug. 12, 1838; prof. of Latin & Greek at Fort Edward Collegiate Inst.; served in the Union Army, and was taken prisoner at Winchester; member of state assembly, 1874-1875; engaged in agricultural pursuits, founder of the wood pulp business & president of Amer. Paper & Pulp Assoc.; elected to the 46th-47th Congresses, serving from March 4, 1879-July 26, 1881; elected to U.S. Senate in 1881, to fill a vacancy, serving from July 27, 1881 to March 3, 1887; chairman of Special Tax Commission of the State of N.Y. in 1906; retired and resided in Herkimer, N.Y.; d. in New York City, March 21, 1918) The inter-oceanic canal of Nicaragua, 1891: (Warner Miller, President, Nicaragua Canal Construction Co.) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed March 15, 2023 (Miller, Warner, a Representative and a Senator from New York; born in Hannibal, Oswego County, N.Y., August 12, 1838; attended the common schools and Charlottesville Academy; graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1860; professor of Latin and Greek in the Fort Edward Collegiate Institute; during the Civil War enlisted as a private in the Fifth Regiment, New York Volunteer Cavalry, 1861; promoted to the rank of sergeant major and lieutenant; taken prisoner at the Battle of Winchester; exchanged and honorably discharged; engaged in agricultural pursuits; founder of a the wood-pulp business, developed new techniques for paper production, and was president of the American Paper & Pulp Association; member, State assembly 1873-1876; elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1879, until his resignation July 26, 1881; elected as a Republican in 1881 to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas C. Platt and served from July 27, 1881, to March 3, 1887; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1887; chairman, Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for Governor of New York in 1888; chairman of the Special Tax Commission of the State of New York 1906; retired and resided in Herkimer, N.Y.; died in New York City, March 21, 1918; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Herkimer, N.Y.)
Associated language	eng