All About the Counties We Serve – Miller County
We are continuing our blog series about the counties we serve. O’Donnell Law Center is honored to be able to serve Camden, Miller, Morgan, Laclede, & Moniteau counties. This group of counties make up the 26th Judicial Circuit in Missouri. This week’s blog is going to dive into the history and other information about Miller County, Missouri. Take a look below to learn more. Miller County Miller County, named after Missouri’s Fourth Governor John Miller, was organized in 1837. John Miller was born in what is now West Virginia 1781. He started off as a newspaper man. During the war of 1812, he joined the Army and rose to the rank of full Colonel and was involved in some of the bigger battles. After the war he resided in Franklin, Missouri. In 1825, there was a special election for governor. There was a total of 4,933 votes cast (in 2015 Miller county had a population of 25,113!). Miller won with 2,380 votes beating out his 3 opponents, Judge ...