Pleasant Moorman Miller

Pleasant Moorman Miller (* before 1796 in Lynchburg , Virginia ; † 1849 ) was an American politician . Between 1809 and 1811 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Pleasant Miller's exact birth and death dates and place of death are as unknown as his early life. In 1796 he came to Rogersville , Tennessee; in 1800 he moved to Knoxville . From 1801 to 1802 he was a member of the town council.

Politically, Miller was a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by President Thomas Jefferson . In the state-wide held congressional elections of 1808 he was elected for the first mandate of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Jesse Wharton on March 4, 1809 . Until March 3, 1811 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress .

Around 1824 Miller moved to the western part of the state of Tennessee. Between 1836 and 1837 he held the office of Chancellor there. He died in 1849 and was buried in Trenton .

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SURNAME	Miller, Pleasant Moorman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lynchburg , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH	1849