John Peter Didier (1748 – 1823) was a U.S. politician and the first State Treasurer of Missouri.
John Peter Didier was reportedly a native of France. Prior to emigrated to the United States, he married Marie Elizabeth Mercier in 1773. A prominent government official in the Missouri Territory, he served as Fire Captain in St. Louis, Missouri from 1811 to 1817. In 1817, he became Territorial Treasurer, serving in that post for a year. In 1820, he was appointed as the first State Treasurer following the signing of the state constitution, but before Missouri was official admitted as a state. Along with the other provisional state officeholders, he resigned in 1821 when Missouri officially became a state. Public records indicate that he died two years later on August 25, 1823.
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Missouri State Treasurer 1820–1821 |
Succeeded by Nathaniel Simonds |
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