Robert A. Miller (Oregon politician)

Early life

Robert Miller was born in Lane County, Oregon, near the city of Eugene on October 22, 1854. The son of Elizabeth Ann Miller (née Aubrey) and James Naper Tandy Miller, he attended the local public schools of Jacksonville, Oregon. Miller then attended the University of the Pacific in San Jose, California, from 1874 to 1875 before returning to Oregon where he graduated from Willamette University in Salem. On March 7, 1887, Miller was admitted to the Oregon bar.

Political career

In 1886, he was elected as a Democrat to serve in the Oregon House of Representatives. He won re-election in 1888, serving a second term representing District 19 in Southern Oregon's Jackson County. Miller was then appointed as an aide to Oregon Governor Sylvester Pennoyer in the position of Lieutenant-Colonel, serving six years in the post.

In 1890, he ran as the Democratic Party candidate for the 52nd United States Congress from Oregon's at-large congressional district. though Democrats picked up 78 seats in the U.S. House in that election. In 1892, he was a presidential elector for the Democrats, and then from 1893 to 1897 was the registrar at the United States Land Office in Oregon City.

Later years

In May 1893, he passed the Supreme Court of the United States bar, followed by the federal bar in Oregon in 1904. By 1910 he had moved to Portland and entered private legal practice.

References

References

1. (1911). "Who's Who in the Northwest". Western Press Association.
2. Colmer, Montagu, and [[Charles Erskine Scott Wood]]. ''History of the Bench and Bar of Oregon''. Portland, Or: Historical Pub. Co, 1910. p. 188.
3. [http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6785272 1887 Regular Session (14th).] Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on November 10, 2008.
4. [http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6785273 1889 Regular Session (15th).] Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on November 10, 2008.
5. George, Melvin Clark. (June 1902). "Political History of Oregon from 1876 to 1895, Inclusive". Oregon Historical Society.
6. Vaughn, Cliff. (1997). "Grover Cleveland and the 1892 Election". Bowling Green State University.