Jesse Miller (politician)

Jesse Miller (1800 – August 20, 1850) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1833 to 1836.

Jesse Miller
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 13th district
In office March 4, 1833 – October 30, 1836
Preceded by	George Burd
Succeeded by	James Black
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 16th district
In office 1827–1832
Preceded by	Alexander Mahon
Succeeded by	John C. Plumer
Personal details
Born	1800 Landisburg, Pennsylvania
Died	August 20, 1850 (aged 49–50) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Jesse Miller (father of William Henry Miller) was born near Landisburg, Pennsylvania. He was the first clerk to county commissioner of Perry County, Pennsylvania, from 1820 to 1823. He was sheriff of Perry County from 1823 to 1826. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1826 until February 7, 1828, when he resigned. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 16th district from 1827 to 1832.[1]

Miller elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses and served until his resignation on October 30, 1836. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions during the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses. He was the First Auditor of the United States Department of the Treasury, by appointment of President Andrew Jackson, 1836-1842. He was canal commissioner of Pennsylvania in 1844 and 1845 and Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1845 to 1848. He died in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1850. Interment in Harrisburg Cemetery.

References

1. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Jesse Miller Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved October 12, 2019.

Sources

• United States Congress. "Jesse Miller (id: M000734)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Political Graveyard

External links

• Jesse Miller at Find a Grave