Meredith Miles Marmaduke | |
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| 8th Governor of Missouri | |
| In office February 9, 1844 – November 20, 1844 | |
| Lieutenant | Vacant |
| Preceded by | Thomas Reynolds |
| Succeeded by | John C. Edwards |
| 6th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri | |
| In office November 16, 1840 – February 9, 1844 | |
| Governor | Thomas Reynolds |
| Preceded by | Franklin Cannon |
| Succeeded by | James Young |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 28, 1791 Westmoreland County, Virginia, US |
| Died | March 26, 1864 (aged 72) Saline County, Missouri, US |
| Resting place | Sappington Cemetery, Saline County, Missouri 39°01′58″N 93°00′27″W / 39.032778°N 93.0075°W |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Lavinia Sappington (m. 1826) |
| Children | Seven sons, three daughters |
| Profession | Farmer, tradesman, merchant |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service | United States Volunteers |
| Years of service | 1812–1815 |
| Rank |  Colonel |
| Battles/wars | War of 1812 |
Meredith Miles Marmaduke (August 28, 1791 – March 26, 1864) was an American politician who served as the 8th governor of Missouri in 1844, to fill out the term of Governor Thomas Reynolds, who had committed suicide. A member of the Democratic Party, he had been elected and served as the 6th lieutenant governor.
Marmaduke had a large family. He had married well, to Lavinia, a daughter of Dr. John Sappington, a pioneering physician in Saline County, Missouri, and his wife Jane, sister of a Kentucky governor. The two men were affiliated in Sappington's business for a time, working with traders on the Santa Fe Trail. Marmaduke later acquired and operated a successful plantation in Saline County, becoming a large slaveholder as well. He and his wife reared their ten children here.
Marmaduke changed his opinions and developed Unionist leanings by mid-century, but four of his sons served the Confederacy during the American Civil War, and two died. His son John Sappington Marmaduke was promoted during the American Civil War to become a senior officer of the Confederate States Army.