Charles W. Miller

Charles Wesley Miller (February 4, 1863 – February 16, 1923) was an American lawyer, politician, and businessman who served as the eighteenth Indiana Attorney General from January 1, 1903, to January 1, 1907, and as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Indiana from 1909 to 1913.

Biography Early life and education Miller was born in Floyd County, Indiana, to Jacob B. and Isabelle Miller. His parents, both natives of Floyd County, were farmers.

Miller attended common school in Floyd County. He then attended a private school in Paoli, Normal College in Ladoga, and lastly the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor, from which he graduated in 1884. Miller returned to Indiana after graduating, settling in Goshen.

After leaving office, Miller remained in Indianapolis to practice law. From 1909 to 1913, Miller was a U.S. Attorney for the District of Indiana. While serving as U.S. Attorney, Miller wrote a letter to U.S. Attorney General George W. Wickersham questioning the involvement of the Justice Department in the prosecution of the 1911 Los Angeles Times bombing.

Miller was president of the State Bank of Goshen, the Elkhart County Loan and Trust Company, and two local telephone companies. He also served as secretary of Lesh, Prouty & Abbott Company, a walnut lumber manufacturing business in East Chicago. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias.

He married Sarah Elizabeth Perkins of Goshen in 1887.

The Indiana University Maurer School of Law named a fellowship in his honor.