Biography:

Warner Miller was a businessman and Republican Senator.
Miller was born in Hannibal, New York on August 12, 1838.  After graduating from Union College in 1860, he worked as a professor of Latin and Greek at the Fort Edward Collegiate Institute.  He served in the Civil War, was promoted to lieutenant, and was taken prisoner by the Confederate forces during the Battle of Winchester.  After serving in the military, he founded the Warner Miller and Company paper mill where he developed new techniques for the manufacturing of paper.
He served in the New York State Assembly (1873-1876) and the United States House of Representatives (1879-1881).  He became a US Senator in 1881 and served until 1887.  In 1888, he ran for Governor of New York and lost to Davis Bennett Hill.  Miller died on March 12, 1918.