Jesse Miller

Jesse Miller ( * 1800 in Landisburg, Perry County, Pennsylvania, † August 20 1850 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1833 and 1836 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Jesse Miller attended the public schools of his home. Between 1820 and 1823 he served as County Commissioner District in Perry County; 1823 to 1826, he served there as a sheriff. In the 1820s he joined the movement to the later U.S. President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party, founded in 1828 by this. Between 1826 and 1828, he was a member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania; 1828 to 1832 he was a member of the State Senate.

In the congressional elections of 1832 Miller was in the 13th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1833. After a re-election, he could remain until his resignation on October 30, 1836 in Congress. He was chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Since the inauguration of President Jackson in 1829, was discussed inside and outside of Congress vehemently about its policy. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act, the conflict with the State of South Carolina, which culminated in the Nullifikationskrise, and banking policy of the President.

Jesse Miller's resignation was after his appointment as auditor ( auditor ) of the Treasury by President Jackson. This post he held 1836-1842 In the years 1844 and 1845 he was a channel representative of his state. ; 1845 to 1848 he served as Secretary of the Commonwealth, the managing official of the Government of Pennsylvania. He died on August 20, 1850 in Harrisburg, where he was also buried. His son William (1829-1870) was also a congressman.