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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Miller, Thomas Ezekiel
Miller, Thomas Ezekiel, a Representative from South Carolina; born in Ferrebeville, Beaufort County, S.C., June 17, 1849; was of the Negro race; moved with his parents to Charleston, S.C., in 1851; attended the public schools in Charleston, S.C., and in Hudson, N.Y.; employed as a newsboy on a railroad; was graduated from Lincoln University, Chester County, Pa., in 1872; moved to Grahamville, S.C., and served as school commissioner of Beaufort County in 1872; member of the State house of representatives in 1874, 1876, and 1878; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1875 and practiced law in Beaufort, S.C.; member of the State executive committee 1878-1880; served in the State senate in 1880; successfully contested as a Republican the election of William Elliott to the Fifty-first Congress and served from September 24, 1890, to March 3, 1891; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; again a member of the State house of representatives in 1894; member of the State constitutional convention in 1895; president of the State colored college in Orangeburg, S.C., from 1896 until 1911, when he resigned; retired from active pursuits in 1911 and lived in Charleston, S.C., until 1923, when he moved to Philadelphia, Pa.; in 1934 returned to Charleston, S.C., where he resided until his death there on April 8, 1938; interment in Brotherhood Cemetery.
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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Miller, Thomas Ezekiel," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1566 Original Sources, accessed February 12, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GD66VC1SSK2HJK3.
MLA: U.S. Congress. "Miller, Thomas Ezekiel." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1566, Original Sources. 12 Feb. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GD66VC1SSK2HJK3.
Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Miller, Thomas Ezekiel' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1566. Original Sources, retrieved 12 February 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GD66VC1SSK2HJK3.
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