William Miller (North Carolina)

William Miller (North Carolina)

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name =William Miller


order =18th
office =Governor of North Carolina
term_start =1814
term_end =1817
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predecessor =Benjamin Smith
successor =John Branch
birth_date =1770
birth_place =Warren County, North Carolina
death_date =1825
death_place =Guatemala
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party =Democratic-Republican
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William Miller (1770ndash 1825) was the Democratic-Republican governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1814 to 1817.

Born in Warren County, North Carolina, William Miller was orphaned at the age of 22 and inherited a substantial plantation. He briefly attended the University of North Carolina in 1802, but did not complete a degree. He began practicing law in 1805 and was named North Carolina Attorney General in 1810. That same year, he was elected to the North Carolina House of Commons, where he served until 1814, for two years as Speaker of the House (1812-1814).

In November 1814, Miller was elected Governor of North Carolina by the General Assembly, at the close of the War of 1812, which he supported. During his term, Miller laid the groundwork for the expansion of the state's educational system, and he served on the University of North Carolina Board of Trustees until his death.

After serving the maximum number of three one-year terms as governor, Miller left office in 1817. He returned to the North Carolina Senate in 1821, but lost a re-election bid the following year.

U.S. President John Quincy Adams appointed Miller as an envoy to Guatemala in 1825; Miller died there shortly after his arrival.

ources

* "Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978", Robert Sobel and John Raimo, eds. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1978. (ISBN 0-930466-00-4)


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