Miller, Samuel Freeman (04/05/1816-10/13/1890)

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Summary

  • Occupation: Jurist
  • Number of Terms: 1
  • Committees/Roles: ex-officio as Chief Justice of the United States; served as Chancellor of the Board of Regents.

Subject

  • Miller, Samuel Freeman 1816-1890
  • Board of Regents
  • Chancellor of the Smithsonian Board of Regents
  • Chief Justice of the United States
  • United States Supreme Court
  • Regents Smithsonian Institution

Category

Smithsonian Board of Regents

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Images of this Regent can be found in the following repositories: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; The Supreme Court of the United States; Iowa State Historical Society; Harvard University Law School; RU 95, Smithsonian Institution Archives

Regent type

Chief Justice

Notes

American National Biography. 24 volumes. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999; Biographical Dictionary of the Federal Judiciary. Compiled by Harold Chase, Samuel Krislov, Keith O'Boyum, and Jerry N. Clark. Detroit: Gale Research, 1976; Dictionary of American Biography. Volumes 1-20. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928-1936; Who Was Who in America. A component volume of "Who's Who in American History." Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Revised Edition. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1967.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

Regent Tenure: 03/24/1888-10/08/1888

Topic

  • Appointments
  • Judges
  • Lawyers

Form/Genre

Biographies

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