Joseph S. Miller

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|name = Joseph S. Miller

|image = File:Joseph S. Miller.png

|caption = Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 28, 1885

|office = Commissioner of Internal Revenue

|president = Grover Cleveland

|term_start = April 19, 1893

|term_end = November 26, 1896

|predecessor = John W. Mason

|successor = William St. John Forman

|president1 = Grover Cleveland

|term_start1 = March 20, 1885

|term_end1 = March 20, 1889

|predecessor1 = Walter Evans

|successor1 = John W. Mason

|birth_date = {{birth date|1848|8|18}}

|birth_place = Cabell County, Virginia
(present day West Virginia)

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|death_date = {{death date and age|1921|2|22|1848|8|18}}

|death_place = Huntington, West Virginia

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|party = Democratic

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Joseph S. Miller (August 18, 1848 – February 22, 1921) was the eleventh and thirteenth Commissioner of Internal Revenue at the Internal Revenue Service in the United States. His state was West Virginia.

Early life and education

Joseph S. Miller was born on August 18, 1848, in Cabell County, Virginia, now part of West Virginia. Miller was of German descent. Miller received a common school education, and then attended and graduated Beach Grove Academy in Ashland, Kentucky.

Career

Miller served as clerk for the Circuit Court of Cabell County from 1860 to January 1873. Miller served as Clerk of the County Court from 1873 to 1875. Miller served as clerk of the Senate of West Virginia from 1872 to 1876. Miller served as councilman for Barboursville from 1874 to 1875. He later served two terms as West Virginia State Auditor. Initially, Miller ran in the 1884 West Virginia gubernatorial election, but dropped his campaign before the Democratic Convention, and backed the nominee, Emanuel Willis Wilson.

Miller, appointed by President Grover Cleveland, served as IRS Commissioner from March 20, 1885, to March 20, 1889, and from April 19, 1893, to November 26, 1896.{{Cite web|title=Previous IRS Commissioners|url=https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/previous-irs-commissioners|last=|first=|date=|website=Internal Revenue Service|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=July 10, 2022}}

Personal life

Miller was married and had children.{{cite news|title=Hon. Joseph S. Miller|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000020241476&view=1up&seq=204&skin=2021|newspaper=Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper|date=March 28, 1885 |page=100 |accessdate=July 10, 2022}}

Death

Miller died on February 22, 1921, in a hospital in Huntington, West Virginia.{{cite news|title=Crossing the Dark River|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105358961/crossing-the-dark-river/|newspaper=Shepherdstown Register|location=Shepherdstown, West Virginia |date= February 24, 1921|page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=July 10, 2022}}