Fleming Bowyer Miller

Fleming Bowyer Miller (October 8, 1792 – August 10, 1874) was an American lawyer and political figure who served in both the Virginia House of Delegates and the Virginia Senate.

Biography

Miller, son of John and Priscilla (Bowyer) Miller, was born in Fincastle, Virginia, October 8, 1792, and died in Staunton, August 10, 1874. 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. In the fall of 1819 he was admitted to the bar in Nashville, Tennessee, and practiced there for a year, but then returned to Virginia and settled in his native place, where he resided until January 1, 1874, when he removed to his son-in-law's house in Staunton. 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.^[1] In 1835, he was the unsuccessful candidate of the Democratic party for the U. S. Senate. In 1836 he declined a nomination for Governor of Virginia due to the severe illness of his wife. In 1853 he was appointed U. S. 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.

References

External links

• Fleming Bowyer Miller at Find a Grave