James Monroe Miller (May 6, 1852 – January 20, 1926) was a

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from

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. Born in Three Springs, Pennsylvania, Miller attended the district school and graduated from

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, in 1875. He moved to

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, in 1875. Miller was Superintendent of schools in

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, for two terms, and while holding this position studied law. He was

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in 1879 and commenced practice in

. Miller was elected prosecuting attorney of Morris County, Kansas, in 1880 and again in 1884 and 1886. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1894 and 1895. Miller was elected as a

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to the Fifty-sixth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1911). He served as chairman of the Committee on Claims ( Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses), Committee on Elections No. 2 ( Sixty-first Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1910. Miller resumed the practice of law in

, and died there January 20, 1926. He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, James Monroe 1852 births 1926 deaths Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives People from Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania People from Morris County, Kansas Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas People from Council Grove, Kansas