Miller, Samuel Freeman

Born April 5, 1816, in Richmond, KY
Died October 13, 1890, in Washington, DC

Federal Judicial Service:
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
Nominated by Abraham Lincoln on July 16, 1862, to a seat vacated by Peter Vivian Daniel. Confirmed by the Senate on July 16, 1862, and received commission on July 16, 1862. Service terminated on October 13, 1890, due to death.

Supreme Court Oath:
July 21, 1862

Allotment as Circuit Justice:

Ninth Circuit, July 21, 1862-April 7, 1867
Eighth Circuit, April 8, 1867-October 13, 1890

Education:
Transylvania University, M.D., 1838
Read law, 1847

Professional Career:

Justice of the peace and member of the county court, Barbourville, Kentucky
Private practice, Barbourville, Kentucky, 1847-1850
Private practice, Keokuk, Iowa, 1850-1862

Bibliography

Fairman, Charles. “Samuel F. Miller, Justice of the Supreme Court, 1862-1890.” Vanderbilt Law Review, vol. 10, no. 2 (Feb. 1957): 193-208.

Noble, Gregory Charles. “Samuel Freeman Miller: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.” Yale Law Journal, vol. 17, no. 6 (Apr. 1908): 422-42.

Stern, Horace. “Samuel Freeman Miller, 1816-1890” in Lewis, William Draper, ed. Great American Lawyers: The Lives and Influence of Judges and Lawyers Who Have Acquired Permanent National Reputation, and Have Developed the Jurisprudence of the United States. Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1909, 541-86.

Manuscript Collections

Harvard Law School
Cambridge, Mass.
Samuel Freeman Miller letters and autographs, 1887-1890.
7 sheets; three letters written by Miller, two autographs of Miller while on the Supreme Court, and a photocopy of Miller's obituary.

Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Samuel Freeman Miller papers, 1854-1887.
0.8 linear ft.; finding aid; restricted; letters from Miller to his brother-in-law, William Pitt Ballinger, concerning the U.S. Supreme Court and national politics.

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