At the age of seventeen, Miller and his family moved to St. Joseph County, Indiana, where he worked in The Free Press office under Wilbur F.

[1] In 1839, Miller moved to Niles, Michigan, and established Republican, a weekly paper and helped organize the Whig Party.

Afterward, he secured a contract to deepen and widen the Erie Canal to Black Rock, Buffalo.

[1] Miller was elected to the New York Senate, representing the Buffalo district.

[1] In 1888, Miller was nominated for Mayor of South Bend, but lost the election.

[3][4] Miller died at Grand Pacific Hotel on November 19, 1889, following a surgical operation for Bright's disease.