Biography

06/28/1850 - 07/12/1917

MILLER, Charles Augustus, a Representative from Dauphin County; born, June 28, 1850 in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa.; graduated, Harrisburg Academy; graduated, St. Charles Borromeo College, 1871; printer; foreman, composing room, Daily Telegraph (1881-1885); elected, common council, Harrisburg (1880-1883, 1888-1889; president, 1882); elected, select council, Harrisburg (1883-1884); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1884; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1886); proprietor, carpet cleaning business (1887-1891); appointed, clerk, common council, Harrisburg (1891-1893); elected, city clerk, Harrisburg (1893-1917); appointed, mayor, Harrisburg (1917); died, July 12, 1917 in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; interred, Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.