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John Franklin Miller (November 21, 1831 – March 8, 1886) was a lawyer, businessman, and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He represented California in the United States Senate from 1881 until his death. He was a proponent of several bills against Chinese immigrants.
Biography. MILLER, JOHN FRANKLIN, (Uncle of John Franklin Miller [1862-1936]), a Senator from California; born in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind., November 21, 1831; pursued an academic course; studied law and graduated from the New York State Law School in 1852; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in South Bend, Ind.; moved to ...
This newspaper article details a speech by California Senator John Franklin Miller (1831-1886). Senator Miller served his state from 1880 until his death in 1886. He was a strong anti-immigration proponent, and he supported a number of bills to limit the immigration of Chinese to the United States.
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 also served as the Mayor of Seattle from 1908 through 1910.
Chinese Exclusion Act. In Chinese Exclusion Act: Causes and effects. John F. Miller of California, a proponent of the Chinese Exclusion Act, argued that the Chinese workers were “machine-like…of obtuse nerve, but little affected by heat or cold, wiry, sinewy, with muscles of iron.”.
John Franklin Miller was an American businessman, lawyer, politician and soldier. He was a brevet Major General in the Civil War. He was a United States Senator representing California.
John Franklin Miller, was a U. S. Senator from California from1881 through1886. He was born in South Bend, Indiana November 21, 1831. A lawyer and rancher, he lived in California during 1853-55. He returned to Indiana and served in the Indiana State Senate.
