Ezra Miller | |
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Member of the New Jersey Senate from Bergen County | |
In office 1884 – July 9, 1885 | |
Preceded by | Isaac Wortendyke |
Succeeded by | John W. Bogert |
Member of the Wisconsin State Senate from the 17th district | |
In office 1853–1854 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Bergen County, New Jersey | May 12, 1812
Died | July 9, 1885 Mahwah, New Jersey | (aged 73)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse |
Amanda Miller (m. 1841) |
Occupation | Inventor, politician |
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Ezra Miller (May 12, 1812 – July 9, 1885) was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and the New Jersey Senate.
Miller was born in Bergen County, New Jersey.[1][2]
In 1833, he joined the 2nd New York Militia. Miller married his wife, Amanda, in May 1841.[3] 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.[3]
Miller died on July 9, 1885, in Mahwah, New Jersey.[1]