Martin Morgan Miller (September 14, 1888 - June 1974) was a Democratic member of the

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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 area, unincorporated community located in Leake County, Mississippi, Leake County, Mississippi, United States. It is situated mainly on the right bank of the Pearl River (Mississippi–Louisiana), Pearl River at the j ...

. He was the son of James Thomas Miller and Treassie (Mooney) Miller. He attended the elementary schools of

Leake County, Mississippi Leake County is a county in the center of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,275. Its county seat is Carthage. The county is named for Walter Leake, the Governor of Mississippi from 1822 to 1825. In 2 ...

. He then attended Edinburg High School. After finishing high school, he attended Queen City Business College in

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, from which he graduated in April 1910. He became a

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. In 1911, he was the County Lecturer for the Farmers' Union of Leake County. He represented Leake County as a

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in the

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

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Martin M. 1888 births 1974 deaths Democratic Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives People from Leake County, Mississippi 20th-century members of the Mississippi Legislature