William Miller (North Carolina)

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William Miller
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18th Governor of North Carolina
In office
November 29, 1814 December 6, 1817
Preceded by William Hawkins
Succeeded by John Branch
Attorney General of North Carolina
In office
1810
Preceded by Oliver Fitts
Succeeded by Hutchins Gordon Burton
Member of the North Carolina House of Commons
In office
1804–1810
Personal details
Born ca. 1783 (1783)
Warren County, North Carolina
Died (aged 41–42)
Key West, Florida
Political party Democratic-Republican

William Miller (ca. 1783 September 10, 1825) was the 18th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1814 to 1817.

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Governor of North Carolina head of state and of government of the U.S. state of North Carolina

The Governor of North Carolina is the head of state and head of government of the U.S. state of North Carolina. The governor directs the executive branch of the government and is the commander in chief of the military forces of the state. The current governor, Democrat Roy Cooper took office on January 1, 2017, and had a public swearing-in ceremony on January 7, 2017.

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Born in Warren County, North Carolina, William Miller was orphaned at the age of 9 and inherited a substantial plantation. He briefly attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 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).

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Warren County is a county located in the northeastern Piedmont region of the U.S. state of North Carolina, on the northern border with Virginia. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 20,972. Its county seat is Warrenton. It was a center of tobacco and cotton plantations,Educational later textile mills.

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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.

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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.

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U.S. President John Quincy Adams appointed Miller as an envoy to Guatemala in 1825; Miller died in Key West, Florida en route to his post. [1]

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Legal offices
Preceded by
Oliver Fitts
Attorney General of North Carolina
1810
Succeeded by
Hutchins Gordon Burton
Political offices
Preceded by
William Hawkins
Governor of North Carolina
1814–1817
Succeeded by
John Branch

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