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and John Rycraft cases (1854–1855). He also laid down important legal precedents concerning foreclosure of railroad properties and the organization of new companies in cases involving the La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad, the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, and other railroad companies.
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on June 30, 1870, to a new seat authorized by 16 Stat. 171. His service terminated on January 1, 1873, due to his retirement. Miller was the last federal judge in active service to have been appointed by President Polk.
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on June 12, 1848, and received his commission the same day. When Wisconsin was split into an Eastern and Western district, in 1870, Miller was reassigned by
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in the colonial era. His father, Matthew Miller, was a volunteer in the Pennsylvania militia during the
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church in America. Miller and his wife had at least three sons, though only two survived him.
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Berryman, John R., ed. (1898). "The Federal Courts in Wisconsin".
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and served in that role until Wisconsin became a state.
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Andrew G. Miller (Pennsylvania politician)

United States District Judge
Eastern District of Wisconsin
operation of law
James Henry Howe
United States District Judge
District of Wisconsin
James K. Polk
Justice
Supreme Court
Wisconsin Territory
Martin Van Buren
William C. Frazer
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Forest Home Cemetery
Dickinson College
Washington & Jefferson College
B.A.
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United States district judge
Eastern District of Wisconsin
United States District Court for the District of Wisconsin
Supreme Court
Wisconsin Territory
Carlisle
Pennsylvania

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