Daniel H. Miller

Daniel H. Miller (* in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ; †  1846 there ) was an American politician . Between 1823 and 1831 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Daniel Miller's date of birth is unknown; Nothing is known about his youth and school education or about his professional activity outside of politics. In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future President Andrew Jackson .

In the congressional elections of 1822 Miller was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the third constituency of Pennsylvania , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1823. After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1831 . Since President Jackson took office in 1829, there has been heated debate inside and outside of Congress about its policies. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act , the conflict with the state of South Carolina , which culminated in the nullification crisis , and the banking policy of the president.

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, the trail of Daniel Miller is lost again. It is not known what he did in the period up to his death. He died in Philadelphia, the city of his birth in 1846.

Web links

• Daniel H. Miller in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
John Phillips	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (3rd constituency) March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1831	John Goddard Watmough