John Miller (politician)
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John Ripin Miller (born 23 May 1938), an American politician, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1985 to 1993. He represented the First Congressional District of Washington as a Republican.
Miller did not run for re-election in 1992. Prior to being elected congressman, he was active in state and municipal governments, serving as Assistant Attorney General for Washington; Vice President and Legal Counsel for the Washington Environmental Council; and Seattle City Councilman.
Miller has served as the Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons for the US State Department, with the rank of Ambassador-at-Large, since 2002. He resigned effective December 15, 2006, to join the faculty of George Washington University.
Miller has previously served as the Chair of the Discovery Institute, and effective upon his resignation, will serve as a Distinguished Senior Fellow in International Affairs and Human Rights with the Institute.
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer article on resignation
- Congressional Biography entry
- State Department Biography
| Preceded by: Joel Pritchard (R) |
U.S. Representative Washington 1 |
Followed by: Maria Cantwell (D) |
