Peter Zack Geer

Peter Zack Geer (born August 24, 1928 in Colquitt , Miller County , Georgia , †  January 5, 1997 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1963 and 1966 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Georgia.

Career

Nothing is known about Peter Geer's youth and school education. After studying law at the Walter F. George School of Law and Mercer University in Macon and being admitted to the bar in 1951, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He became a member of the Georgia House of Representatives . In 1962, he was elected the new Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, alongside Carl Sanders . He held this office until 1967. In January 1967, his last official act was the chairmanship of the state legislature, which at that time had to decide on the controversial outcome of the gubernatorial elections. With Geer's support, his party colleague Lester Maddox was elected as the new governor.

After the end of his time as Lieutenant Governor Geer practiced again as a lawyer. In 1973 he was appointed special prosecutor. His job was to charge four men with six murders. The trial made headlines well beyond Georgia at the time. Three of the accused were sentenced to death, the sentence later commuted. Peter Geer died on January 5, 1997 in his birthplace Colquitt.

Web links

• Peter Zack Geer in the database of Find a Grave (English)