John A. Peters (politician, 1822)

John A. Peters

John Andrew Peters (born October 9, 1822 in Ellsworth , Maine , † April 2, 1904 in Bangor , Maine) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1867 and 1873 he represented the state of Maine in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Peters was the uncle of the eponymous John A. Peters (1864-1953), who also represented the state of Maine in Congress between 1913 and 1923 . The elder Peters attended Yale College until 1842 after Gorham Academy . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1844, he began to practice in Bangor in his new profession. In the 1860s, Peters began a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1862 and 1863 he was a member of the Maine Senate ; In 1864 he was a member of the State House of Representatives . Between 1864 and 1866 he served as Attorney General in his home state.

In 1866, Peters was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of Maine . There he took over from John H. Rice on March 4, 1867 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three consecutive terms in Congress by March 3, 1873. During this time, the failed impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson and the passage of the 14th and 15th amendments fell . In 1872, John Peters declined to run for Congress again.

Between 1873 and 1883, Peters was a judge at the Supreme Court of his state and from 1883 to January 1, 1900 he presided over it as Chief Justice . He then retired. John Peters died on April 2, 1904 in Bangor and was buried there.

Web links

• John A. Peters in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John A. Peters in the database of Find a Grave (English)