William Henry Harrison Miller served as U.S. attorney general from 1889 to 1893 under President Benjamin Harrison. Miller is one of a small group of attorneys general who never held a political office except for this position. However, Miller conformed to another common convention, as he was a close friend and colleague of Harrison.

Miller was born on September 6, 1840 in Augusta, New York. Raised in Indiana, he earned a degree from Hamilton College in 1861. Following graduation Miller decided to become a lawyer. Miller, like most attorneys of his day, did not attend law school. Instead, he "read the law," serving as an apprentice in an Indiana law for four years. During this time Miller performed clerical duties, learned how to conduct legal research and was mentored by a practicing lawyer. The attorney that mentored him, Morrison Waite, eventually became Chief Justice of the United States. After passing the Indiana...