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John Peter Didier (1748–1823) was a U.S. politician and the first
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. John Peter Didier was reportedly a native of
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. Prior to emigrated to the United States, he married Marie Elizabeth Mercier in Besancon, France on November 15, 1773. A prominent government official in the
Missouri Territory The Territory of Missouri was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 4, 1812, until August 10, 1821. In 1819, the Territory of Arkansas was created from a portion of its southern area. In 1821, a southeas ...
, he served as Fire Captain in
St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the Greater St. Louis, ...
from 1811 to 1817. In 1817, he became Territorial Treasurer, serving in that post until 1818. In 1820, he was appointed as the first State Treasurer following the signing of the state constitution, but before Missouri was officially admitted as a state in August, 1821. Along with the other provisional state officeholders, he resigned when Missouri officially became a state in August 1821. Public records indicate that he died two years later on August 25, 1823.


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Missouri State Treasurer-Past Treasurer Biography
1748 births 1823 deaths State treasurers of Missouri Politicians from St. Louis People from Besançon French emigrants to the United States {{Missouri-politician-stub