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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MarylandJoshua Weldon MILES
(1858-1929)
MILES, Joshua Weldon, a
Representative from Maryland; born on his father’s farm on
the Great Annamessex River, near the village of Marion, Somerset
County, Md., December 9, 1858; attended private schools and Marion
(Md.) Academy; was graduated from Western Maryland College,
Westminster, Md., in 1878; attended the law department of Maryland
University; was admitted to the bar in July 1880 and commenced
practice in Princess Anne, Md.; State’s attorney of Somerset
County 1883-1887; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; elected as
a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3,
1897); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the
Fifty-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Princess Anne,
Md.; served as president of the Bank of Somerset from 1900 until
his death; delegate at large to the Democratic National Conventions
of 1900, 1912, 1920, and 1924; trustee of Western Maryland College
for thirty years; collector of internal revenue for the district of
Maryland 1914-1921; resumed the practice of law; died in Baltimore,
Md., March 4, 1929; interment in Manokin Cemetery, Princess Anne,
Md.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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