Hugh Peterson

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Hugh Peterson (born August 21, 1898 in Ailey , Georgia , †  October 3, 1961 in Sylva , North Carolina ) was an American politician . Between 1935 and 1947 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Hugh Peterson attended schools in his home country including the Brewton Parker Institute . He then studied at the University of Georgia in Athens . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1921, he began to work in Mount Vernon in his new profession. At the same time he worked there in agriculture and as a newspaper publisher.

Peterson was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1922 he became mayor of his hometown Ailey. Between 1921 and 1931 he was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives ; from 1931 to 1932 he was a member of the State Senate . In the 1934 congressional election , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Georgia , where he succeeded Homer C. Parker on January 3, 1935 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1947 . It was there in the first few years that many of the Federal Government's New Deal laws were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . Since December 7, 1941, the day of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor , the work of Congress has been shaped by the events of World War II . After the end of the war, Peterson became a contemporary witness in the House of Representatives of the further development and the beginning of the Cold War . From 1941 to 1945 he was chairman of an election committee ( Committee on Elections No. 3 ). After that he was from 1945 chairman of the committee that dealt with the administration of the US territories.

In 1946, Peterson was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. In the following years he practiced as a lawyer again. He died in Sylva in October 1961 and was buried in Ailey.

Web links

  • Hugh Peterson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Peterson, Hugh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH near Ailey , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH 3rd October 1961
Place of death Sylva , North Carolina