Samuel Freeman Miller
Samuel Freeman Miller | |
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Samuel Freeman Miller, by Mathew Brady, c. 1865-75 | |
| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
| In office July 21, 1862 – October 13, 1890 | |
| Nominated by | Abraham Lincoln |
| Preceded by | Peter V. Daniel |
| Succeeded by | Henry Billings Brown |
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| Born | April 5, 1816 Richmond, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | October 13, 1890 (aged 74) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Party | Whig (Before 1854) Republican (1854–1890) |
| Education | Transylvania University (MD) |
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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.