Samuel Freeman Miller

Supreme Court Justice

Birthday April 5, 1816

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Kentucky

DEATH DATE Oct 13, 1890 (74)

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About

Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1862 to 1890.

Before Fame

He graduated from Transylvania University in 1838.

Trivia

He was part of the electoral commission that was created to resolve the disputed 1876 presidential election between candidates Rutherford Hayes and Samuel Tilden.

Family Life

His parents were yeoman farmers.

Associated With

He was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Abraham Lincoln.