Benjamin M. Miller
| Benjamin Meek Miller | |
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| 39th Governor of Alabama | |
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In office January 19, 1931 – January 14, 1935 |
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| Lieutenant | Hugh D. Merrill |
| Preceded by | Bibb Graves |
| Succeeded by | Bibb Graves |
| Member of the Alabama House of Representatives | |
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In office 1888–1889 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 13, 1864 Oak Hill, Alabama |
| Died | February 6, 1944 (aged 79) Selma, Alabama |
| Resting place | Camden Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Otis Duggan Miller |
| Alma mater | University of Alabama |
| Profession | Attorney, judge |
| Religion | Associate Reformed Presbyterian |
Benjamin Meek Miller (March 13, 1864 – February 6, 1944) was an American Democratic politician
Miller was born in Oak Hill, Wilcox County, Alabama, on March 13, 1864, to Rev. John Miller, D.D., and Sarah Pressly Miller. His father was pastor of the Bethel Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church at Oak Hill for 31 years. His mother was a descendant of the Hearst family of Abbeville County, South Carolina. He received his early education in Oak Hill and Camden, Alabama. He entered Erskine College from which he graduated in 1884. While a student at Erskine, he was a member of the Euphemian Literary Society. Upon his graduation from Erskine, he returned to Wilcox County where he served as principal of the Lower Peach Tree Academy until 1887. He graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1889. After graduating from law school, he established a practice of law in Camden. On September 21, 1892, he married Margaret Otis Duggan of Mobile, Alabama. In 1890, he was a founding member of the Camden Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church.
Miller represented Wilcox County in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1888 to 1889. He was elected judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit of Alabama in 1904 and served in that capacity until 1921. Miller was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from 1921 to 1927. He sought reelection to the Supreme Court of Alabama in 1926, but was defeated by a candidate supported by the Ku Klux Klan.
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