Smith Miller
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Smith Miller was a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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 from Indiana
Indiana
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Born near Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina
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, Miller moved to Gibson County, Indiana
Gibson County, Indiana
Gibson County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Indiana and is included in the Evansville, Indiana–Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 33,503. The county seat is Princeton.-Geography:...

, with his parents who settled in Patoka in 1813.
He received a limited schooling.
He engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He served as member of the State house of representatives 1835-1839 and in 1846.
He served in the State senate 1841-1844 and 1847-1850.
He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1850.

Miller was elected as a Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
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 to the Thirty-third
33rd United States Congress
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 and Thirty-fourth
34th United States Congress
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 Congresses (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857).
He resumed agricultural pursuits.
He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
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, in 1860.
He died near Patoka, Indiana
Patoka, Indiana
Patoka is a town in White River Township, Gibson County, Indiana, United States. The population was 735 at the 2010 census. The town's name comes from an Indian word meaning "log on bottom".-Geography:Patoka is located at ....

, March 21, 1872.
He was interred in Robb Cemetery.
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