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Andrew Galbraith Miller

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin · 1848–1870

Andrew Galbraith Miller , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Andrew Galbraith Miller (September 18, 1801 – September 30, 1874) was an American lawyer, jurist, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was the first and only United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Wisconsin, which existed from the time Wisconsin achieved statehood in 1848 until the district was split into eastern and western districts in 1870.

Education

  • Dickinson College
  • Washington College (now Washington and Jefferson College)B.A., 1819
  • Read law1822

Career

Private practice, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1822-1838; Attorney general, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Biography

Andrew Galbraith Miller (September 18, 1801 – September 30, 1874) was an American lawyer, jurist, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was the first and only United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Wisconsin, which existed from the time Wisconsin achieved statehood in 1848 until the district was split into eastern and western districts in 1870.

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