Jesse Miller (1800August 20, 1850) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Jacksonian member of the

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from 1833 to 1836. Jesse Miller (father of William Henry Miller) was born near

Landisburg, Pennsylvania Landisburg is a borough in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 220 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Harrisburg– Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Landisburg was platted in 1793. The community wa ...

. He was the first clerk to county commissioner of

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, from 1820 to 1823. He was

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of Perry County from 1823 to 1826. He was a member of the

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from 1826 until February 7, 1828, when he resigned. He served in the

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for the 16th district from 1827 to 1832. 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

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, by appointment of President

Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, he gained fame as ...

, 1836-1842. He was canal commissioner of Pennsylvania in 1844 and 1845 and

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from 1845 to 1848. He died in

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Harrisburg is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 50,135 as of the 2021 census, Harrisburg is the 9th largest city and 15th largest municipality in Pe ...

, in 1850. Interment in

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References

Sources

The Political Graveyard

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