Legislator Details
Number of sessions served 3
Gender: Male
Age at election: 62
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 2/10/1852
City: Fair Plain Township, MI
County: Montcalm County, MI
Country: US
Death
Date: 3/13/1934
City: Greenville, MI
County: Montcalm County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial:
Burial
Date: 3/16/1934
City: Fair Plain Township, MI
County: Montcalm County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Fairplains Cemetery
Marital Information:
married Jennie Barnes of Fair Plain Township, dau. of Drs. Charles and Cordelia Maria (Dibben) Barnes, 12/21/1875; children: 1, Mark Hugh
Number of Children: 1
Background
Religion:
Military Service:
Occupation: teacher, farmer
Race: Caucasian or White
Education:
common and district schools of Fairplans; attended Greenville high school briefly
Biographical Sketch:
Son of Lester R. and Louisa (Kent) Miller. He taught school for 2 winters. He went to South Dakota in 1882, where he filed a claim on 480 acres of government land. While there, he held several township offices and was senator for 1 term. [In 1900 he was living in Claremont Village in Brown Co., SD]. He returned to Michigan in 1905 and settled on a farm near Greenville. He was first elected supervisor in 1907, serving as chairman twice and represented the county on the state board of equalization in 1911 and 1914. Served on the Montcalm County Poor Commission. He owned farms in both Michigan and South Dakota.
Notable Facts:
South Dakota State Senator 1 term; S. Dakota's first senate as a state.
Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: Agriculture , Banks and Corporations , Prohibition, Public Health , State Hospitals
City of Residence: Greenville
County of Residence Montcalm
District Description: Comprising the counties of Ionia and Montcalm
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Notes: Chair of the Committee on State Hospitals
Committees Served On: Finance and Appropriations , Agricultural Interests , Constitutional Amendments , Kalamazoo State Hospital , Northern State Normal School, Religious and Benevolent Societies
City of Residence: Greenville
County of Residence Montcalm
District Description: comprising the counties of Ionia and Montcalm
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Committees Served On: Elections , General Taxation , Industrial Home for Girls , Michigan Farm Colony for Epileptics
City of Residence: Greenville
County of Residence Montcalm
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Bibliography:
Manual 1917 pp. 780-81; Manual 1919 p. 804; PolGryd; SJ 1934 extra session, p.212, SR23; Manual 1915 p.781; Michiganology; USCen 1900; Find-a-Grave.com, includes obits.
