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Samuel Franklin Miller (27 May 1827 – 16 March 1892) was a United States Representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War.
Miller was born in Franklin, Delaware County, New York on 27 May 1827. He graduated from the Delaware Literary Institute and Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., in 1852; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1853, but did not engage in extensive practice; engaged in farming and lumbering; member of the New York State Assembly (Delaware Co, 1st D.) in 1854; served as a colonel in the State militia; elected as a Republican to the 38th United States Congress (4 March 1863 – 3 March 1865); member of the State constitutional convention in 1867; district collector of internal revenue in 1869–1873; member of the State board of charities in 1869–1877; elected to the 44th United States Congress (4 March 1875 – 3 March 1877); continued agricultural pursuits and lumbering; died in Franklin, N.Y., on 16 March 1892; interment in Ouleout Valley Cemetery.