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H. B. M. Miller

Republican

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-08-1892 Republican AD-49 0 Win
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/39936773/herschel-benoni_masilon-miller
 

Candidate Biography:

Herschel Benoni Masilon Miller
Born: January 31, 1860 in Norwichville or London, Ontario, Canada
Married: Agness Hume Martin (m. 1886, d. 1918), Adelaide S. Thurman (m. 1925)
Child: Roswell
Family: Great-nephew of General George B. McClellan
Died: December 30, 1941 in Oakland, CA

1878-1880: Teacher, Temescal Grammar School (Oakland)

  • LEGISLATION: In 1893, Miller "introduced the first woman suffrage bill that had ever been presented to [the California Legislature], but it suffered defeat, however, as similar bills did in other states during the first years of the movement." [Source]