K. Berry Peterson

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K. Berry Peterson (born July 24, 1891 in Alamo , Indiana , † 1952 in Tucson , Arizona ) was an American soldier, lawyer and politician ( Democratic Party ).

Career

K. Berry Peterson, son of Hannah N. Duckworth (* 1868) and Dr. Charles Arthur Peterson (1867–1928), was born in Montgomery County in 1891 . Nothing is known about his youth. In the following years he studied law and then practiced as a lawyer. During the First World War he served in the US Army . Peterson retired before 1922 to Arizona and settled there in Tucson ( Pima County ) down. From 1922 to 1927 he practiced as a Pima County Attorney. He then served as the Attorney General of Arizona from 1929 to 1933 . In 1932 he ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the US Senate Class III seat . against the Democratic incumbent Carl Hayden and unsuccessful for the Democratic nomination for the governor of Arizona against the Democratic challenger Benjamin Baker Moeur . Hayden and Moeur both won the following elections.

He was a Presbyterian and a member of the American Legion , the Disabled American Veterans , the Sigma Alpha Epsilon , the Phi Alpha Delta , the Odd Fellows, and the Elks .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ K. Berry Peterson on the ancestry.com website
  2. ↑ Dr. Charles Arthur Peterson in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  3. ↑ K. Berry Peterson on the Our Campaigns website
personal data
SURNAME Peterson, K. Berry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American soldier, lawyer, and politician (Democratic Party)
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Alamo , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH 1952
Place of death Tucson , Arizona