Orrin Larrabee Miller

Orrin Larrabee Miller (January 11, 1856 – September 11, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.

Orrin Larrabee Miller
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1895  March 3, 1897
Preceded byHorace Ladd Moore
Succeeded byMason S. Peters
Personal details
Born(1856-01-11)January 11, 1856
Newburgh, Maine
DiedSeptember 11, 1926(1926-09-11) (aged 70)
Kansas City, Kansas
Political partyRepublican

Miller was born in Newburgh, Maine, January 11, 1856 and attended the common schools and was graduated from the Maine Central Institute at Pittsfield, Maine. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1880 and commenced practice in Bangor, Maine. Miller moved to Kansas City, Kansas, in 1880 and engaged in the practice of law. He was appointed and subsequently elected district judge for the twenty-ninth judicial district of Kansas in 1887, and served until 1891, when he resigned to resume the practice of law. He served as counsel for many years for several large railroad corporations and was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897). Miller declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1896. He continued the practice of law in Kansas City, Kansas, until his death there on September 11, 1926. He was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.

References

  • United States Congress. "Orrin Larrabee Miller (id: M000749)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Horace L. Moore
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 2nd congressional district

March 4, 1895 March 3, 1897
Succeeded by
Mason S. Peters
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