United States Supreme Court Associate Justice. He was a physician, when he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1847. He began his law practice in Keokuk, Iowa.
Active in Hawkeye politics, he was against slavery and supported Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 election. On July 16, 1862, President Lincoln nominated Miller as a justice to the Supreme Court. He strongly favored Lincoln's positions, and upheld his wartime suspension of trials by the military commission. After the Civil War, Miller voted to uphold the constitutionality of loyalty oaths required of former Confederates seeking to hold office. Through the 1870s and 1880s, he steered a middle course in interpreting the Fourteenth Amendment and favored granting states wide latitudes in the regulation of business.
During his service on the Court, Miller participated in more than 5000 cases and spoke for the Court in nearly 100 constitutional decisions. Miller set the record for his time for the most constitutional decisions authored by a single justice. He died while in office at the age of 74.
Active in Hawkeye politics, he was against slavery and supported Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 election. On July 16, 1862, President Lincoln nominated Miller as a justice to the Supreme Court. He strongly favored Lincoln's positions, and upheld his wartime suspension of trials by the military commission. After the Civil War, Miller voted to uphold the constitutionality of loyalty oaths required of former Confederates seeking to hold office. Through the 1870s and 1880s, he steered a middle course in interpreting the Fourteenth Amendment and favored granting states wide latitudes in the regulation of business.
During his service on the Court, Miller participated in more than 5000 cases and spoke for the Court in nearly 100 constitutional decisions. Miller set the record for his time for the most constitutional decisions authored by a single justice. He died while in office at the age of 74.
United States Supreme Court Associate Justice. He was a physician, when he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1847. He began his law practice in Keokuk, Iowa.
Active in Hawkeye politics, he was against slavery and supported Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 election. On July 16, 1862, President Lincoln nominated Miller as a justice to the Supreme Court. He strongly favored Lincoln's positions, and upheld his wartime suspension of trials by the military commission. After the Civil War, Miller voted to uphold the constitutionality of loyalty oaths required of former Confederates seeking to hold office. Through the 1870s and 1880s, he steered a middle course in interpreting the Fourteenth Amendment and favored granting states wide latitudes in the regulation of business.
During his service on the Court, Miller participated in more than 5000 cases and spoke for the Court in nearly 100 constitutional decisions. Miller set the record for his time for the most constitutional decisions authored by a single justice. He died while in office at the age of 74.
Active in Hawkeye politics, he was against slavery and supported Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 election. On July 16, 1862, President Lincoln nominated Miller as a justice to the Supreme Court. He strongly favored Lincoln's positions, and upheld his wartime suspension of trials by the military commission. After the Civil War, Miller voted to uphold the constitutionality of loyalty oaths required of former Confederates seeking to hold office. Through the 1870s and 1880s, he steered a middle course in interpreting the Fourteenth Amendment and favored granting states wide latitudes in the regulation of business.
During his service on the Court, Miller participated in more than 5000 cases and spoke for the Court in nearly 100 constitutional decisions. Miller set the record for his time for the most constitutional decisions authored by a single justice. He died while in office at the age of 74.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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