John Stuart Mill 
Considerations on Representative Government 

John Stuart Mill was a prominent English philosopher and political economist in the 19th century.  Mill is considered to be one of the most influential liberal thinkers in history and he was a significant contributor to many fields such as social theory, political theory, and political economy. Mill is also notable for being the first Member of Parliament to argue in favor of women’s suffrage.










Considerations on Representative Government, published in 1861, is a book in which Mill argues that representative bodies of the government like senates and parliaments would be best if they were places of public debate. This edition includes a table of contents.