Orrin Larrabee Miller
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Orrin Larrabee Miller was a U.S. Representative from Kansas
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Miller was born in Newburgh, Maine
, January 11, 1856 and attended the common schools and was graduated from the Maine Central Institute
at Pittsfield, Maine. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1880 and commenced practice in Bangor, Maine
. Miller moved to Kansas City, Kansas
, in 1880 and engaged in the practice of law. He was appointed and subsequently elected district judge for the twenty-ninth judicial district of Kansas in 1887, and served until 1891, when he resigned to resume the practice of law. He served as counsel for many years for several large railroad corporations and was elected as a Republican
to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897). Miller declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1896. He continued the practice of law in Kansas City, Kansas
, until his death there on September 11, 1926. He was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
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Miller was born in Newburgh, Maine
Newburgh, Maine
Newburgh is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,394 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water....
, January 11, 1856 and attended the common schools and was graduated from the Maine Central Institute
Maine Central Institute
The Maine Central Institute , is an independent high school, founded in 1866, located in Pittsfield, Maine, in the United States. The school enrolls approximately 500 students. MCI is a nonsectarian institution. The school has both boarding students and day students.-History:The Maine Central...
at Pittsfield, Maine. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1880 and commenced practice in Bangor, Maine
Bangor, Maine
Bangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States, and the major commercial and cultural center for eastern and northern Maine...
. Miller moved to Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City is the third-largest city in the state of Kansas and is the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The city is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified...
, in 1880 and engaged in the practice of law. He was appointed and subsequently elected district judge for the twenty-ninth judicial district of Kansas in 1887, and served until 1891, when he resigned to resume the practice of law. He served as counsel for many years for several large railroad corporations and was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897). Miller declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1896. He continued the practice of law in Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City is the third-largest city in the state of Kansas and is the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The city is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified...
, until his death there on September 11, 1926. He was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.