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'''Stephen Decatur Miller''' (May 8, 1787{{spaced ndash}}March 8, 1838) was an American politician, who served as the [[List of Governors of South Carolina|52nd Governor of South Carolina]] from 1828 to 1830. He represented [[South Carolina]] as a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from 1817 to 1819, and as a [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from 1831 to 1833. | '''Stephen Decatur Miller''' (May 8, 1787{{spaced ndash}}March 8, 1838) was an American politician, who served as the [[List of Governors of South Carolina|52nd Governor of South Carolina]] from 1828 to 1830. He represented [[South Carolina]] as a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from 1817 to 1819, and as a [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from 1831 to 1833. | ||
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==Life and career== | ==Life and career== | ||
He was born in [[Waxhaws|Waxhaw settlement, South Carolina]] and graduated from [[South Carolina College]] in 1808. After he studied law, he practiced in [[Sumter, South Carolina|Sumterville]].<ref>[http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=1a161b968514a010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD NGA Biography of Stephen Decatur Miller] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930035825/http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=1a161b968514a010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD |date=2007-09-30 }}</ref> | He was born in [[Waxhaws|Waxhaw settlement, South Carolina]] and graduated from [[South Carolina College]] in 1808. After he studied law, he practiced in [[Sumter, South Carolina|Sumterville]].<ref>[http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=1a161b968514a010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD NGA Biography of Stephen Decatur Miller] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930035825/http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=1a161b968514a010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD |date=2007-09-30 }}</ref> | ||
Stephen Decatur Miller was married twice. His first wife, Elizabeth Dick, died in 1819. None of their three children lived to adulthood. Miller remarried in 1821; his second wife was a girl sixteen years his junior, Mary Boykin | Stephen Decatur Miller was married twice. His first wife, Elizabeth Dick, died in 1819. None of their three children lived to adulthood. Miller remarried in 1821; his second wife was a girl sixteen years his junior, Mary Boykin. They had four children together. Despite the age difference, their marriage was happy and passionate.<ref>Muhlenfeld, ''Mary Boykin Chesnut'', chapter 2.</ref> | ||
During his successful campaign for the [[United States Senate|Senate]] on a platform of abolishing tariffs, he made a speech at [[Stateburg, South Carolina]] in September 1830 where he said, "There are three and only three ways, to reform our congressional legislation. The representative, judicial and belligerent principle alone can be relied on; or as they are more familiarly called, the ballot box, the jury box and the [[cartouche box]]."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://quoteinvestigator.com/2018/04/09/ballot/ | title=Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box – Quote Investigator | date=9 April 2018 }}</ref> | During his successful campaign for the [[United States Senate|Senate]] on a platform of abolishing tariffs, he made a speech at [[Stateburg, South Carolina]] in September 1830 where he said, "There are three and only three ways, to reform our congressional legislation. The representative, judicial and belligerent principle alone can be relied on; or as they are more familiarly called, the ballot box, the jury box | ||
and the [[cartouche box]]."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://quoteinvestigator.com/2018/04/09/ballot/ | title=Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box – Quote Investigator | date=9 April 2018 }}</ref> | |||
Stephen Miller renounced his political career in 1833 and ventured into farming in Mississippi. He died in [[Raymond, Mississippi]], in 1838, leaving his wife and children in debt.<ref>Muhlenfeld, ''Mary Boykin Chesnut'', chapter 2.</ref> | Stephen Miller renounced his political career in 1833 and ventured into farming in Mississippi. He died in [[Raymond, Mississippi]], in 1838, leaving his wife and children in debt.<ref>Muhlenfeld, ''Mary Boykin Chesnut'', chapter 2.</ref> | ||
Their daughter [[Mary Boykin Chesnut|Mary Boykin Miller]] | Their daughter [[Mary Boykin Chesnut|Mary Boykin Miller]] married [[James Chesnut, Jr.]], who later became a U.S. Senator and a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] general. Mary Chesnut became famous for her diary documenting life in South Carolina during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref>[http://www.sciway.net/hist/governors/miller.html SCIway Biography of Stephen Decatur Miller]</ref><ref>[http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=1a161b968514a010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD NGA Biography of Stephen Decatur Miller] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930035825/http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=1a161b968514a010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD |date=2007-09-30 }}</ref> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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[[Category:Nullifier Party state governors of the United States]] | [[Category:Nullifier Party state governors of the United States]] | ||
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Life and career
He was born in Waxhaw settlement, South Carolina and graduated from South Carolina College in 1808. After he studied law, he practiced in Sumterville.[1] Stephen Decatur Miller was married twice. His first wife, Elizabeth Dick, died in 1819. None of their three children lived to adulthood. Miller remarried in 1821; his second wife was a girl sixteen years his junior, Mary Boykin. They had four children together. Despite the age difference, their marriage was happy and passionate.[2]
During his successful campaign for the Senate on a platform of abolishing tariffs, he made a speech at Stateburg, South Carolina in September 1830 where he said, "There are three and only three ways, to reform our congressional legislation. The representative, judicial and belligerent principle alone can be relied on; or as they are more familiarly called, the ballot box, the jury box and the cartouche box."[3] Stephen Miller renounced his political career in 1833 and ventured into farming in Mississippi. He died in Raymond, Mississippi, in 1838, leaving his wife and children in debt.[4]
Their daughter Mary Boykin Miller married James Chesnut, Jr., who later became a U.S. Senator and a Confederate general. Mary Chesnut became famous for her diary documenting life in South Carolina during the Civil War.[5][6]
Notes
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- ↑ NGA Biography of Stephen Decatur Miller Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Muhlenfeld, Mary Boykin Chesnut, chapter 2.
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- ↑ SCIway Biography of Stephen Decatur Miller
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References
Muhlenfeld, Elisabeth, Mary Boykin Chesnut: A Biography (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press 1992).
External links
- SCIway Biography of Stephen Decatur Miller
- NGA Biography of Stephen Decatur Miller
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