John Miller (Washington politician)

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 1st 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 (1972–1979).

Miller has served as the director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons for the U.S. 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 and to serves as a distinguished senior fellow in international affairs and human rights with the Discovery Institute. Prior to his time at State, he had served as the chair of the Institute.

References

• Seattle Post-Intelligencer article on resignation from State Department (page no longer available 23 July 2008)

• John Miller (Washington politician) at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• State Department Biography as archived on the Internet Archive 30 December 2006.
• Seattle City Council Members, 1869-Present Chronological Listing, Seattle City Archives. Accessed online 19 July 2008.