Jacob W. Miller

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Jacob Welsh Miller

|image = JWMiller.jpg

|jr/sr1 = United States Senator

|state1 = New Jersey

|term_start1 = March 4, 1841

|term_end1 = March 3, 1853

|predecessor1 = Garret D. Wall

|successor1 = William Wright

|office2 = Member of the New Jersey Senate

|term2 = 1839–1840

|birth_date = {{birth date|1800|8|29}}

|birth_place = Washington Township, New Jersey

|death_date = {{death date and age|1862|9|30|1800|8|29}}

|death_place = Morristown, New Jersey

|party = Whig

|signature = Signature of Jacob Welsh Miller.png

|children = George Macculloch Miller

}}

Jacob Welsh Miller (August 29, 1800{{spaced ndash}}September 30, 1862) was a United States senator from New Jersey.

Early life

In 1800, Miller was born in the German Valley section of Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QsdKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA269 |title=The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography |volume=IV |publisher=James T. White & Company |page=269 |year=1893 |access-date=2020-12-05 |via=Google Books}} He was admitted to the bar in 1823, and practiced in Morristown.

Career

In 1832, Miller was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly. From 1839 to 1840, he then represented Morris County in the New Jersey Legislative Council (now the New Jersey Senate).

In 1839, Miller was elected as a Whig to the state Senate, and to the U.S. Senate in 1841. He was reelected in 1847, and served from March 4, 1841, to March 3, 1853. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the committee on the District of Columbia (Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses).{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

He joined the Republican Party in 1855.

Personal life

In 1825, Miller married Mary Louisa Macculloch, the daughter of George P. Macculloch, a wealthy Morristown engineer and businessman who had designed and built the Morris Canal. They had nine children, including attorney George Macculloch Miller,{{cite news |title=George M. Miller Dead at 85 Years. Prominent Corporation Lawyer Was Secretary of Cathedral of St. John the Divine. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1917/11/15/archives/george-m-miller-dead-at-85-years-prominent-corporation-lawyer-was.html |work=New York Times |date=November 15, 1917 |access-date=2009-11-25 }} and Captain Lindley Miller, who served as an officer of a black infantry regiment during the Civil War and wrote "Marching Song of the First Arkansas".{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

In 1862, Miller died in Morristown, New Jersey.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64642402/death-of-ex-senator-miller/ |title=Death of Ex-Senator Miller |newspaper=The Daily Empire |location=Newark, New Jersey |page=4 |date=1862-10-01 |access-date=2020-12-05 |via=Newspapers.com}} He was interred in St. Peter's Parish Churchyard.