John Franklin Miller (Washington politician)

John Franklin Miller (June 9, 1862 – May 28, 1936), an American politician, served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1917 to 1931.

He represented the First Congressional District of Washington as a Republican.

He was defeated for the Republican nomination in 1930 by Ralph Horr, who then won the general election.

John Franklin Miller was named after his uncle, also John Franklin Miller, a senator from California.

Miller supported racist policies in Congress, claiming to his fellow House members that "No greater tragedy can befall an American girl than to become the wife of a Japanese," and "There is not a scientist, an alienist, a scholar of the world who does not believe in the preservation of racial purity.