Background
Miller, John Gaines was born on November 29, 1812 in Danville, Kentucky, United States.
United States representative politician
Miller, John Gaines was born on November 29, 1812 in Danville, Kentucky, United States.
Born in Danville, Kentucky, Miller attended the common schools and was graduated from Centre College in Danville. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1834.
He moved to Boonville, Missouri, in 1835. Miller was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses and reelected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress, and served from March 4, 1851, until his death near Marshall, Missouri, May 11, 1856. He was interred in Mount Olive Cemetery, near Marshall, Missouri.
He served as a member of the state house of representatives in 1840.