Smith Miller

Smith Miller ( * May 30, 1804 in Charlotte, North Carolina, † March 21, 1872 at Patoka, Indiana ) was an American politician. From 1853 to 1857 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1813 Smith Miller came with his parents to Patoka in Indiana Territory. There he received a limited education. He then 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 deputy in the House of Representatives from Indiana. He also sat 1841-1844 and 1847-1850 in the State Senate. In 1850, Miller was a delegate at a meeting on the revision of the Constitution of Indiana.

In the congressional elections of 1852 he was the first electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of James Lockhart on March 4, 1853. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1857 two legislative sessions. These were shaped by the events and discussions that preceded the Civil War. After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Miller again worked in agriculture. In 1860 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Charleston. He died on 21 March 1872 in Patoka, where he was also buried.