- Homer V. M. Miller
Homer Virgil Milton Miller (
April 29 ,1814 –May 31 ,1896 ) was aUnited States Senator from Georgia.Born in Pendleton District, South Carolina, he moved with his parents to
Rabun County, Georgia in 1820. He attended the common schools and graduated from theMedical College of South Carolina in 1835. He continued medical studies in Paris and commenced practice inCassville, Georgia , in 1838. Miller was an unsuccessful Whig candidate for election to theTwenty-ninth United States Congress in 1844.During the Civil War, he served in the
Confederate Army as a surgeon and as a medical director, surgeon of posts, and inspector of hospitals in Georgia. He resumed the practice of medicine inRome, Georgia , and was a member of the State Reconstruction convention in 1867. He was a member of the faculty of theAtlanta Medical College , and upon the readmission of Georgia to Congressional representation, he was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate onJuly 28 ,1868 , qualified onFebruary 24 ,1871 , and served untilMarch 3 ,1871 . Subsequently, he was trustee of theUniversity of Georgia in Athens, and died inAtlanta in May 1896. Interment was in Myrtle Hill Cemetery,Rome, Georgia .References
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