Martin Morgan Miller (September 14, 1888 - June 1974) was a
Democratic member of the
Mississippi House of Representatives
The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature, the lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Mississippi. According to the state constitution of 1890, it is to comprise no more than 122 members elected fo ...
from 1916 to 1920 and from 1944 to 1948.
Biography
Martin Morgan Miller was born on September 14, 1888, in
Edinburg, Mississippi
Edinburg is an unincorporated community located in Leake County, Mississippi, United States. It is situated mainly on the right bank of the Pearl River at the junction of Mississippi Highway 16 and Mississippi Highway 427.
History
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He was the son of James Thomas Miller and Treassie (Mooney) Miller.
He attended the elementary schools of
Leake County, Mississippi.
He then attended Edinburg High School.
After finishing high school, he attended Queen City Business College in
Meridian, Mississippi
Meridian is the List of municipalities in Mississippi, seventh largest city in the U.S. state of Mississippi, with a population of 41,148 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census and an estimated population in 2018 of 36,347. It is the count ...
, from which he graduated in April 1910.
He became a
farmer.
In 1911, he was the County Lecturer for the Farmers' Union of
Leake County.
He represented
Leake County as a
Democrat
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in the
Mississippi House of Representatives
The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature, the lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Mississippi. According to the state constitution of 1890, it is to comprise no more than 122 members elected fo ...
from 1916 to 1920.
He represented
Leake and
Winston Counties in the
Mississippi House as a floater representative from 1944 to 1948.
He died in June 1974.
His last residence was in
Carthage, Mississippi.
References
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1888 births
1974 deaths
Democratic Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives
People from Leake County, Mississippi