Andrew G. Miller

Andrew Galbraith Miller (September 18, 1801 – September 30, 1874) was an American lawyer and judge. He was the first United States district judge of the Eastern District of Wisconsin after having served as the only Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Wisconsin. Prior to Wisconsin statehood, he served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin Territory. Education and career Born on September 18, 1801, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Miller attended Dickinson College and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1819 from Washington College (now Washington & Jefferson College), then read law in 1822. He entered private practice in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, from 1822 to 1838, and served as Attorney General of Pennsylvania. On November 8, 1838, he was commissioned Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Wisconsin Territory by President Martin Van Buren and served in that role until Wisconsin became a state. Federal judicial service