E. Spencer Miller

E. Spencer Miller
Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School
In office
1868 – June 4, 1872
Preceded byGeorge Sharswood
Succeeded byE. Coppée Mitchell
Personal details
BornElihu Spencer Miller
(1817-09-03)September 3, 1817
Princeton, New Jersey, US
DiedMarch 6, 1879(1879-03-06) (aged 61)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Resting placeLaurel Hill Cemetery
Alma materPrinceton University

Elihu Spencer Miller (September 3, 1817 – March 6, 1879) was an American lawyer. He was Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.[1]

Biography

Miller was born on September 3, 1817, in Princeton, New Jersey.[2] He attended the College of New Jersey (since renamed as Princeton University), graduating in 1836.[3][1] He trained as a lawyer in Princeton and Baltimore,[3] and after passing the bar, moved to Philadelphia in 1843, setting up a practice.[3][1] For a time he served as assistant city solicitor, under Charles F. Warnick.[4]

In 1852, Miller was a professor of real estate, conveyancing, and equity, at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.[5][6][7][8] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1857.[9] During the American Civil War, he raised an independent company of Pennsylvania National Guard Artillery ("Miller's Battery"), and served as its Captain from its muster in on June 19, 1863, until it was mustered out on July 25, 1863.

Miller was Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School from 1868 until he resigned on June 4, 1872, in line with his objection and opposition to the law school being moved to West Philadelphia.[10][11][12][13] Miller died on March 6, 1879, aged 61, in Philadelphia,[3][2] and was interred at Laurel Hill Cemetery.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Elihu Spencer Miller". University Archives and Records Center, University of Pennsylvania.
  2. ^ a b "E. Spencer Miller; Death Without a Bit of Warning". The Times. March 7, 1879.
  3. ^ a b c d "1847 Cover Census"
  4. ^ Albany Law Journal. Weed, Parsons & Company. 1895. p. 36.
  5. ^ Cheyney, Edward Potts (2014). History of the University of Pennsylvania, 1740-1940. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 9780812208795 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Dowlin, Cornell March (1940). The University of Pennsylvania Today: Its Buildings, Departments & Work. University of Pennsylvania Press – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Dunn, Richard S.; Lloyd, Mark Frazier (1990). A Pennsylvania Album: Undergraduate Essays on the 250th Anniversary of the University of Pennsylvania. University of Pennsylvania – via Google Books.
  8. ^ University of Pennsylvania Law Review. University of Pennsylvania. 1906 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  10. ^ Nitzsche, George Erasmus (1901). University of Pennsylvania: The Proceedings at the Dedication of the New Building of the Department of Law, February 21st and 22nd, 1900. Press of International Print. Company. p. 225.
  11. ^ The Twentieth Century Bench and Bar of Pennsylvania. H.C. Cooper, jr., Bro. & Company. 1903. p. 1094 – via Internet Archive. miller.
  12. ^ Pennsylvania, University of (1870). Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania. The University. – via Google Books.
  13. ^ Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence (1901). University of Pennsylvania: Its History, Influence, Equipment and Characteristics; with Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Founders, Benefactors, Officers and Alumni. R. Herndon Company. p. 329 – via Internet Archive. Elihu Spencer Miller pennsylvania dean.
  14. ^ "Elihu Spencer Miller". remembermyjourney.com. webCemeteries. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
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