Ezra Miller (politician)

Ezra Miller (May 12, 1812 – July 9, 1885) was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and the New Jersey Senate.

Ezra Miller
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	(1812-05-12)May 12, 1812 Bergen County, New Jersey
Died	July 9, 1885(1885-07-09) (aged 73) Mahwah, New Jersey
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Amanda Miller ​ (m. 1841)​
Occupation	Inventor, politician
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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]

Political career

Miller was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate from the 17th district from 1853 to 1854. Additionally, he was a justice of the peace in Magnolia and Postmaster of Janesville, Wisconsin. Miller joined the New Jersey Senate in 1884. He was a Democrat.