Miller, John, 1938 May 23-2017

<p>John Ripin Miller (May 23, 1938 – October 4, 2017) was an American politician, who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1985 to 1993. He represented the 1st congressional district of Washington as a Republican. While in Congress he championed human rights in the Soviet Union, China, and South Africa.</p>

<p>Miller received his LL.B. from Yale Law School and an MA in Economics from Yale Graduate School in 1964. He graduated with a BA from Bucknell University in 1959 and served as an Army Infantry officer on active duty in 1960 and later in the U.S. Army Reserves.</p>

<p>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's first campaign for the City Council was tied to saving the Pike Place Market and while on the Council he oversaw the rehabilitation of the Market. He founded Seattle's urban P-Patch program, a gardening allotment program that was first of its kind in the nation which includes at least 90 sites as of 2016. Miller led the Council in rejecting Seattle's entry into Washington Public Power Supply System nuclear plants 4 and 5 (Satsop nuclear power plant) which later went bankrupt, and unsuccessfully sought the demolition of the Alaska Way Viaduct separating Seattle's downtown from its waterfront.</p>

MILLER, John Ripin, a Representative from Washington; born in New York City, May 23, 1938; attended public schools and Friends Seminary, New York City; B.A., Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa., 1959; M.A., Yale University, 1964; LL.B., Yale University Law School, 1964; served in the United States Army, 1960, and Reserves, 1961-1968; admitted to the bar in 1965 and began practice in Seattle, Wash.; adjunct professor, University of Puget Sound, Wash., 1981-1984; assistant attorney general of State of Washington, 1965-1968; member and president, Seattle City Council, 1972-1980; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1985-January 3, 1993); was not a candidate for renomination in 1992 to the One Hundred Third Congress; died on October 4, 2017, in Corte Madera, Calif.

<p><b>RACES</b>
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<li>11/06/1990 WA District 1 Won 52.05% (+4.09%)</li>
<li>09/18/1990 WA District 1 - Blanket Primary Won 52.15% (+18.10%)</li>
<li>11/08/1988 WA District 1 Won 55.39% (+10.77%)</li>
<li>09/20/1988 WA District 1 - Blanket Primary Won 51.32% (+4.85%)</li>
<li>11/04/1986 WA District 1 Won 51.38% (+2.77%)</li>
<li>09/16/1986 WA District 1 - Blanket Primary Won 53.23% (+15.53%)</li>
<li>11/06/1984 WA District 1 Won 56.26% (+12.52%)</li>
<li>09/18/1984 WA District 1 - Blanket Primary Won 19.63% (+0.00%)</li>
<li>11/04/1980 WA Attorney General Lost 37.97% (-8.28%)</li>
<li>09/16/1980 WA Attorney General - Blanket Primary Won 13.06% (-13.41%)</li>
<li>09/20/1977 Seattle Mayor - Primary Lost 7.72% (-20.47%)</li>
<li>11/04/1975 Seattle City Council - Pos. 9 Won 50.46% (+0.92%)</li>
<li>11/02/1971 Seattle City Council - Pos. 9 Won 63.76% (+27.52%)</li>
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