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Samuel Freeman Miller

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States · 1862

Samuel Freeman Miller , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Samuel Freeman Miller (April 5, 1816 – October 13, 1890) was an American lawyer and physician who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1862 until his death in 1890 and who authored landmark opinions in United States v. Kagama and The Slaughterhouse Cases.

Positions

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States1862-07-16–1890-10-13

Education

Transylvania UniversityM.D., 1838
Read law1847

Career

Justice of the peace and member of the county court, Barbourville, Kentucky; Private practice, Barbourville, Kentucky, 1847-1850; Private practice, Keokuk, Iowa, 1850-1862

Biography

Samuel Freeman Miller (April 5, 1816 – October 13, 1890) was an American lawyer and physician who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1862 until his death in 1890 and who authored landmark opinions in United States v. Kagama and The Slaughterhouse Cases.

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