Member Biography

Benjamin Franklin Miller 

Benjamin Franklin Miller 
Sessions Office Position District Party
1907-1908       18 Democrat
1909-1910       18 Democrat

COUNTIES: Northampton  


Biography

03/14/1858 - 02/11/1947

Benjamin Franklin Miller (D18) Northampton County 1907-1910

Early Life:

Benjamin Franklin Miller, born March 14, 1858, Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; son of Joseph B. and Leah Hillard Miller; public school education; engaged, milling business; assumed, management, proprietorship of his father's mill, J.B. Miller and Son, flour and feed store; elected, school director, Washington, 1883-1891; elected, chief burgess, Bangor, Pennsylvania, 1896-1899; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1899-1902; not a candidate for reelection, 1902; elected, council, Bangor, 1905-1910; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1907-1910; president, director, Merchants’ National Bank; president, director, Bangor Casket Company; receiver, S. Floatey Manufacturing Company; director, Bangor Steam Heat Company; married, Sarah Ann Pauline Schoch Miller; died, February 11, 1947, Pen Argyl, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; interment, Saint John’s Cemetery, Bangor, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, school director, Washington, 1883-1891.

Elected, chief burgess, Bangor, Pennsylvania, 1896-1899.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1899-1902; not a candidate for reelection, 1902.

Elected, council, Bangor, Pennsylvania, 1905-1910.

Elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 18th district, Northampton County, 1907-1910; committee assignments, Canals and Inland Navigation, Congressional Apportionment, Forestry, Game and Fisheries, Judicial Apportionment, Public Health and Sanitation, Public Printing.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/member-biography?ID=3660

Cited:

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1910). Miller, H.P., (Compiler). Baker, W.H., (Assistant Compiler). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 993, 1000-1003, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 974.

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members M". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Obituary, February 12, 1947.

Benjamin Franklin Miller (1858-1947) - Find a Grave Memorial