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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaRobert Walter MIERS
(1848-1930)
MIERS, Robert Walter, a
Representative from Indiana; born near Greensburg, Decatur County,
Ind., January 27, 1848; attended the common schools; was graduated
from the academic department of Indiana University at Bloomington
in 1870 and from its law department in 1871; was admitted to the
bar in April 1872 and commenced practice in Bloomington, Ind.;
prosecuting attorney for the tenth judicial circuit of Indiana
1875-1879; member of the State house of representatives in 1879;
member of the board of trustees of Indiana University 1879-1897;
appointed judge of the tenth judicial circuit of Indiana in 1883,
elected in 1884 and again in 1890, and served until September 1896,
when he resigned to become a candidate for Congress; unsuccessful
Democratic nominee for secretary of state in 1886 and in 1888;
elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and to the three
succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1905); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress;
resumed the practice of law; again elected judge of the tenth
circuit of Indiana on November 3, 1914, and served until November
22, 1920; continued the practice of law in Bloomington, Ind., until
1928; died while on a visit in Martinsville, Ind., February 20,
1930; interment in Rosehill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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