Smith Miller

Smith Miller (born May 30, 1804 in Charlotte , North Carolina , †  March 21, 1872 in Patoka , Indiana ) was an American politician . Between 1853 and 1857 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1813, Smith Miller came to Patoka, Indiana, with his parents . There he received a limited education. After that he worked in agriculture. Since the 1830s Miller was politically active as a member of the Democratic Party . From 1835 to 1839 and again in 1846 he was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives . He also sat in the State Senate between 1841 and 1844 and from 1847 to 1850 . In 1850, Miller was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Indiana state constitution.

In the congressional election of 1852 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded James Lockhart on March 4, 1853 . After a re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1857 . These were shaped by the events and discussions leading up to the civil war . After leaving the US House of Representatives, Miller returned to farming. In 1860 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Charleston . He died on March 21, 1872 in Patoka, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Smith Miller in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Smith Miller in the database of Find a Grave (English)