# Frederick Miles

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{{short description|American politician}}
{{for|the British aircraft designer and manufacturer|Frederick George Miles}}
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| name         = Frederick Miles
| image        = Frederick_Miles.jpg
| caption      =
| birth_date   = {{birth date|1815|12|19}}<ref name="cong">{{cite web | url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000704 | title=Bioguide Search }}</ref>
| birth_place  = [Goshen, Connecticut](/source/Goshen%2C_Connecticut), US<ref name="cong"/>
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1896|11|20|1815|12|19}}<ref name="cong"/>
| death_place  = [Salisbury, Connecticut](/source/Salisbury%2C_Connecticut), US<ref name="cong"/>
| office       = Member of the [United States House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Connecticut's 4th congressional district](/source/Connecticut's_4th_congressional_district)
| term_start   = March 4, 1879
| term_end     = March 3, 1883<ref name="cong"/>
| predecessor  = [Levi Warner](/source/Levi_Warner)
| successor    = [Edward Woodruff Seymour](/source/Edward_Woodruff_Seymour)
| term_start2  = March 4, 1889
| term_end2    = March 3, 1891<ref name="cong"/>
| predecessor2 = [Miles T. Granger](/source/Miles_T._Granger)
| successor2   = [Robert E. De Forest](/source/Robert_E._De_Forest)
| office3      = Member of the [Connecticut Senate](/source/Connecticut_Senate)
| term_start3  = 1877
| term_end3    = 1879<ref name="cong"/>
| party        = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))<ref name="cong"/>
| alma_mater   = 
| occupation   = 
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}}

'''Frederick Miles''' (December 19, 1815 – November 20, 1896) was a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) member of the [United States House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Connecticut's 4th congressional district](/source/Connecticut's_4th_congressional_district) from 1879 to 1883 and from 1889 to 1891. He had previously served in the [Connecticut Senate](/source/Connecticut_Senate) from 1877 to 1879.

== Early life ==
He was born in [Goshen, Connecticut](/source/Goshen%2C_Connecticut), where he attended the common schools and pursued an academic course. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Goshen until 1857 before moving to [Twin Lakes, Connecticut](/source/Twin_Lakes_(Connecticut)), and later, in 1858, to [Salisbury, Connecticut](/source/Salisbury%2C_Connecticut), and engaged in the manufacture of iron.

== Political career ==

Miles was a member of the [Connecticut Senate](/source/Connecticut_Senate) from 1877 until February 1879, when he resigned. He was elected to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883) but he declined a nomination for reelection. Miles was again elected to the [Fifty-first Congress](/source/Fifty-first_Congress) (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891) but was an unsuccessful candidate for re - election in 1890 to the [Fifty-second Congress](/source/Fifty-second_Congress).

== Later life and death ==
After leaving Congress, he resumed business activities and died near Salisbury, Connecticut in 1896. He was buried in Salisbury Cemetery.

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{CongBio|M000704}}

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|state=Connecticut
|district=4
|before=[Miles T. Granger](/source/Miles_T._Granger)
|years= 1889 – 1891
|after=[Robert E. De Forest](/source/Robert_E._De_Forest)
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|district=4
|before=[Levi Warner](/source/Levi_Warner)
|years=1879 – 1883
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Category:1815 births
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Category:Republican Party Connecticut state senators
Category:People from Goshen, Connecticut
Category:Republican Party United States representatives from Connecticut
Category:19th-century United States representatives
Category:19th-century members of the Connecticut General Assembly

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