Henry Carleton Miller (February 1, 1828 – March 4, 1899) was a justice of the

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from February 1, 1894, to March 4, 1899. Born in

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.''Celebration of the Centenary of the Supreme Court of Louisiana'' (March 1, 1913), in John Wymond, Henry Plauché Dart, eds., ''The Louisiana Historical Quarterly'' (1922), p. 123. Miller attended private schools and thereafter

read law Reading law was the method used in common law countries, particularly the United States, for people to prepare for and enter the legal profession before the advent of law schools. It consisted of an extended internship or apprenticeship under the ...

without supervision to gain

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in 1851. Miller was a

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from 1856 to 1861, and a

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District Attorney during the

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, from 1861 to 1865, appointed to the latter position by Confederate president

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. Later in life, Miller became a professor of law at

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, teaching

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and marine law,

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, and

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and practice of courts of admiralty."The Law School: Reorganziation of That Department of Tulane University of Louisiana", ''The Times-Picayune'' (January 4, 1889), p. 8. He was elected dean of the law school in 1889. Miller became a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court in 1894, and served until his death, in

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, on March 4, 1899. Miller died in his home shortly after an operation intended to relieve a bout of intense pain in his intestines. Although the operation was deemed a success, and the pain was alleviated, he shortly thereafter lapsed into a coma, from which he never recovered. Miller was married to Louisa Knox of St. Landry Parish. He was a member of

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of New Orleans.https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.cu09362126&seq=339

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