Background
Miller, son of John and Priscilla (Bowyer) Miller, was born in Fincastle, Virginia, October 8, 1792, and died in Staunton, August 10, 1874.
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Fleming Bowyer Miller
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He graduated at Washington College, Lexington, Virginia, in 1813, and then entered Yale College, where he graduated in 1816. After graduation, he studied for two years in the Litchfield Law School.
Career
From 1825 to 1838, he represented his county in the Virginia State Legislature, either in the Virginia Senate or the Virginia House, and again in 1852, and 1867, he was returned to the State Senate. He attended the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830 and appears in the large group portrait of the event by George Catlin. In 1835, he was the unsuccessful candidate of the Democratic party for the United States Senate.
In 1853 he was appointed United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, and held the office until the breaking out of the American Civil War.
And upon the organization of the Confederate Judiciary, he was appointed to the same position under that Government. This article incorporates public domain material from the Yale Obituary Record.
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Political Party
Democratic party