Biography

07/25/1825 - 05/24/1897

MILLER, George W., a Representative from Washington County; born, July 25, 1825 in Marion, Marion County, Oh.; school teacher; principal, Greene Academy, Carmichaels Pa.; lawyer; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1856 term; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1858-1860); chair, State Democratic Convention (1879); chair, Washington County Democratic Convention (1880); elected, delegate, Democratic National Convention (1880); appointed, United States Marshal (1885-1889); died, May 24, 1897 in Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania; interred, Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania.