John B. Peterson

John Barney Peterson (born July 4, 1850 in Lowell , Lake County , Indiana , †  July 16, 1944 in Crown Point , Indiana) was an American politician . Between 1913 and 1915 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Peterson was a cousin of Congressmen Horatio C. Claypool (1859-1921) and Harold K. Claypool (1886-1958) from Ohio . He attended the public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1870, he began to work in Crown Point in this profession. Between 1880 and 1884 he was a prosecutor in the 31st Judicial District of Indiana.

Politically, Peterson was a member of the Democratic Party . In the 1912 congressional election , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded Edgar D. Crumpacker on March 4, 1913 . Since he was defeated by Republican William Robert Wood in 1914 , he was only able to serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1915 . In 1913 the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Peterson went into banking. He became President of Commercial Bank at Crown Point and First Calumet Trust & Savings Bank in East Chicago . In 1939, John Peterson retired. He died on July 16, 1944 at Crown Point at the age of 94.

Web links

• John B. Peterson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)