Ezra Miller (politician)

Ezra Miller (May 12, 1812 – July 9, 1885) was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and the New Jersey Senate.

Ezra Miller
Member of the New Jersey Senate
from Bergen County
In office
1884  July 9, 1885
Preceded byIsaac Wortendyke
Succeeded byJohn W. Bogert
Member of the Wisconsin State Senate
from the 17th district
In office
1853–1854
Personal details
Born(1812-05-12)May 12, 1812
Bergen County, New Jersey
DiedJuly 9, 1885(1885-07-09) (aged 73)
Mahwah, New Jersey
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Amanda Miller
(m. 1841)
OccupationInventor, politician
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Miller was born in Bergen County, New Jersey.

In 1833, he joined the 2nd New York Militia. Miller married his wife, Amanda, in May 1841. They had three children and moved to Magnolia, Wisconsin. In 1851, he was commissioned a colonel in the 8th Wisconsin Militia.

In 1863, he was granted the first in a series of patents for railroad couplers which came to be known as the Miller platform.

Miller died on July 9, 1885, in Mahwah, New Jersey.

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