John Miller (Missouri politician)

John Miller (November 25, 1781 – March 18, 1846) was an American publisher and politician from St. Louis, Missouri. He was the fourth Governor of Missouri (January 20, 1826 – November 19, 1832). He was elected as a Democratic Representative from one of Missouri's two At-Large congressional districts in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress and re-elected to the next two Congresses in the United States House of Representatives (March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843). He was not a candidate for re-election in 1842. He was born in 1781 in what was, at the time, Virginia in present-day Martinsburg, West Virginia, and died at the age of 64 in 1846 in Florissant, Missouri. He is buried at the Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.

External links

• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
• John Miller (Missouri politician) at Find a Grave
• National Governors Association profile

Political offices
Preceded by Abraham J. Williams	Governor of Missouri 1826–1832	Succeeded by Daniel Dunklin
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by William Henry Ashley	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's At-large congressional district 1837-1843	Succeeded by James B. Bowlin