Andrew James Peters

Andrew James Peters

Andrew James Peters (born April 3, 1872 in Boston , Massachusetts , †  June 26, 1938 in Jamaica Plain , Boston, Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1907 and 1914 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Andrew Peters, who was born in the Boston district of West Roxbury , attended public schools in his home country and then studied at Harvard University until 1895 . After a subsequent law degree at the same university and his admission to the bar in 1897, he began to work in this profession in Boston. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1902 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts ; between 1904 and 1905 he was a member of the State Senate . He also served in his state's National Guard for five years.

In the 1906 congressional elections , Peters was elected to the Eleventh constituency of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded John Andrew Sullivan on March 4, 1907 . After three re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on August 15, 1914 . During this time the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified.

Between 1914 and 1917 Peter served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Deputy Secretary of the Treasury . He was then from 1918 to 1922 as the successor to James Michael Curley mayor of Boston . He then practiced as a lawyer again. He also served as President of the Boston Chamber of Commerce from 1926 to 1928. His reputation was damaged by an affair with a relative of his wife, who mysteriously died in 1931. In 1932 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Andrew Peters died in Jamaica Plain on June 26, 1938.

Web links

• Andrew James Peters in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Andrew James Peters in the database of Find a Grave (English)