The Honorable Thomas Ezekiel Miller (R-SC)

Thomas Ezekiel Miller (June 17, 1849 – April 8, 1938) was an American politician, educator, and lawyer. An Afr.-Amer. from SC, he was a prominent leader in the struggle for civil rights in the American South during and after Reconstruction. He was a school commissioner, state legislator, U.S. Rep., lawyer, and college president. Miller was born in Ferrebeeville, South Carolina, to Richard Miller and Mary Ferrebee.