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Beneke</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/benson.html#106.20.13">Paul Benson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler5.html#925.25.45">James Peterson Butler</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castleberry-catone.html#450.74.63">Ashmon H. Catlin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#570.71.96">Alexander Peterson Corbit</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dick.html#828.41.23">Charles William Frederick Dick</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/farlin-farquhar.html#824.70.64">James Leonard Farmer Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodroads-gorbey.html#402.78.09">Peterson Goodwyn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houstoun-howan.html#144.68.63">Alvin Peterson Hovey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jamieson-jarstad.html#295.94.63">Peterson Bryant Jarman Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lind-lindquist.html#554.28.13">Carl Gottfred Lindquist</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lund-luster.html#012.08.38">Ernest Lundeen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mahool-majka.html#776.84.24">William Somers Mailliard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/monaco-monro.html#939.44.22">Michael R. Monfils</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oconnor.html#007.00.38">Maureen O'Connor</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter2.html#382.93.20">Charles Orlando Porter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ransome-rattliff.html#238.30.10">John Frederick Raper Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ryans-rzewnicki.html#611.59.91">John Andrew Rystrom</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanford.html#883.41.41">Joseph F. Sanford</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sebelius-secor.html#000.55.96">Peter Finley Secchia</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#942.56.83">James Peterson Smith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/swindall-swoope.html#015.18.72">Mac Swinford</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#812.82.52">Eugene Talmadge</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thurmond-thwing.html#398.85.31">Peterson Thweatt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wernsing-wesson.html#929.27.29">Reinald Werrenrath</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/young3.html#768.95.51">Frank A. Young</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6674261623/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/450/40.06.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="A. M. Peterson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="450.40.06">Peterson, A. M.</a> (b. 1877) — of Coleraine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/IT-lived.html">Itasca County</a>, Minn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-born.html">Norway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/index.html">1877</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 52, 1915-18; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/MN.html">1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Norwegian</a> ancestry. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="939.38.77">Peterson, Aaron R.</a> — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/HO-lived.html">Honolulu County</a>, Hawaii. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/ofc/stsen.html">Hawaii state senate</a> 12th District, 2000. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="502.39.35">Peterson, Adolph W.</a> — of Michigan. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Michigan</a>, 1910. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="636.42.71">Peterson, Albert</a> — Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/ofc/trea.html">North Dakota state treasurer</a>, 1905-08. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="283.80.45">Peterson, Albert</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County 7th District, 1936. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="012.71.09">Peterson, Albert E.</a> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Philadelphia County, 1881-82. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="911.79.24">Peterson, Albert I.</a> — of Banning, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/RI-lived.html">Riverside County</a>, Calif. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/banning.html">Mayor of Banning, Calif.</a>, 1955-56. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="618.47.84">Peterson, Albin</a> — of Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Progressive. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Manchester, 1912. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="499.63.55">Peterson, Alfred W.</a> — of Woburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/leather.html">Leather manufacturer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/woburn.html">mayor of Woburn, Mass.</a>, 1924, 1926. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="649.49.73">Peterson, Alice T.</a> — of Branford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Branford; elected 1948. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="420.50.41">Peterson, Almer J.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/an-lived.html">Anchorage</a>, Alaska. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/trhs.html">Alaska territorial House of Representatives</a> 3rd District, 1941-42, 1945-46; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory</a>, 1946. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="940.58.04">Peterson, Alvin B.</a> — of Soldiers Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/CR-lived.html">Crawford County</a>, Wis. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/WI.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="737.73.84">Peterson, Amy Minick</a> — of Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/IN.html">1996</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="731.17.66">Peterson, Andrew</a> — of Wheaton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/TR-lived.html">Traverse County</a>, Minn. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/MN.html">1908</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="594.21.24">Peterson, Andrew</a> — of Bridgeport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/bridgeport.html#2">First selectman of Bridgeport, Connecticut</a>, 1908. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="333.49.97">Peterson, Andrew</a> — of Summit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/RO-lived.html">Roberts County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 35th District, 1913-14. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="856.23.14">Peterson, Andrew</a> — American Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 31st District, 1948. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="288.31.30">Peterson, Andrew C.</a> (1870-1955) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/GR-lived.html">Graham County</a>, Ariz. Born in Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/index.html">1870</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Arizona State House of Representatives</a>, 1919-20. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mormon.html">Mormon</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/index.html">1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">about 85 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6674263007/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/186/69.90.jpg" width=70 height=98 border=0 alt="Anton Peterson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="186.69.90">Peterson, Anton</a> (b. 1875) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/KN-lived.html">Kanabec County</a>, Minn. Born in St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-born.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/index.html">1875</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/KN-officials.html">Kanabec County Auditor</a>, 1904-15; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 55, 1915-18. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="742.62.95">Peterson, Art</a> — of Sun City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/RI-lived.html">Riverside County</a>, Calif. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/CA.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="703.28.11">Peterson, Arthur L.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/PI-lived.html">Pierce County</a>, Wis. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Pierce County; elected 1950, 1952; Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 9th District, 1953 (primary), 1956. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="088.29.87">Peterson, Atley</a> (1847-1909) — of Soldiers Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/CR-lived.html">Crawford County</a>, Wis. Born in Eardahl, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-born.html">Norway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/02-21.html">February 21, 1847</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">Postmaster</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1879-82; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/rrco.html">Wisconsin railroad commissioner</a>, 1887-91; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/trea.html">Wisconsin state treasurer</a>, 1892; candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/WI.html">1908</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Norwegian</a> ancestry. Died in Soldiers Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/CR-died.html">Crawford County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/03-29.html">March 29, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 36 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/CR-buried.html#cms07127">Forest Hill Cemetery</a>, Soldiers Grove, Wis. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peterson, August See <a href="#760.11.34">J. August Peterson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="645.79.15">Peterson, Augustus N.</a> — of Schuylerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SA-lived.html">Saratoga County</a>, N.Y. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="162.06.76">Peterson, Avery F.</a> — U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-consuls.html ">Ottawa</a>, as of 1940. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="813.13.74">Peterson, Axel</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Communist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 50th District, 1936. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="376.37.50">Peterson, Barbara J.</a> (born c.1934) — also known as Bobbie Peterson — of Beecher, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WI-lived.html">Will County</a>, Ill. Born about 1934. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/IL.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/IL.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="016.64.45">Peterson, Barney</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WP-lived.html">Waupaca County</a>, Wis. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Waupaca County 1st District; elected 1902. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="394.20.00">Peterson, Bart</a> (b. 1958) — of Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/06-15.html">June 15, 1958</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/indianapolis.html">mayor of Indianapolis, Ind.</a>, 2000-07; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/IN.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/IN.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/161/000162672">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="388.25.63">Peterson, Ben</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Idaho</a>, 1957-59. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peterson, Berry See <a href="#529.29.06">K. Berry Peterson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peterson, Bill See <a href="#483.79.56">William Peterson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="616.54.75">Peterson, Bill</a> — of Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/SD.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peterson, Blaine See <a href="#616.76.99">Morris Blaine Peterson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peterson, Bob See <a href="#860.63.02">Robert W. Peterson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peterson, Bobbie See <a href="#376.37.50">Barbara J. Peterson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="826.90.70">Peterson, Brian D.</a> — of Valdosta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/LO-lived.html">Lowndes County</a>, Ga. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/GA.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="059.76.28">Peterson, Bruce</a> — of Asheville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BU-lived.html">Buncombe County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/NC.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/NC.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="356.97.26">Peterson, C. Edward</a> — of Fairway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/JO-lived.html">Johnson County</a>, Kan. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/KS.html">1984</a>. Still living as of 1984. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="792.38.58">Peterson, C. J.</a> — of Deuel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/DU-lived.html">Deuel County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 29th District, 1891-92. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="432.39.31">Peterson, C. O.</a> — of Beresford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 1st District, 1949-58. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="827.85.21">Peterson, C. Petrus</a> (1880-1965) — of Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/03-10.html">March 10, 1880</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/cncn4.html">Delegate to Nebraska state constitutional convention</a>, 1919-20; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/NE.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Swedish</a> ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/08-12.html">August 12, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 155 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-buried.html#cms00350">Wyuka Cemetery</a>, Lincoln, Neb. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Elvera May Malmquest.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/74321084">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="669.83.86">Peterson, Carl</a> — Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Leelanau District, 1916. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="345.86.99">Peterson, Carl A.</a> — Socialist. Socialist Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> 4th District, 1918. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="138.53.82">Peterson, Carl John</a> — of Topeka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SH-lived.html">Shawnee County</a>, Kan. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/KS.html">Kansas Democratic state chair</a>, 1922-24; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Kansas</a>, 1924. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="668.85.88">Peterson, Carl O.</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Communist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 4th District, 1932; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 7th District, 1933. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="845.45.07">Peterson, Carl O.</a> — of Michigan. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 14th District, 1950. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="790.26.60">Peterson, Carl W.</a> — of Ilion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/HE-lived.html">Herkimer County</a>, N.Y. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/HE-officials.html">Herkimer County District Attorney</a>, 1931; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 5th District, 1953-58. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="272.71.88">Peterson, Carol W.</a> — of Asheville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BU-lived.html">Buncombe County</a>, N.C.; Fletcher, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/HE-lived.html">Henderson County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/NC.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/NC.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/NC.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/NC.html">2008</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NC.html">Democratic National Committee from North Carolina</a>, 2008. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="854.39.92">Peterson, Carter</a> — of Savannah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-lived.html">Chatham County</a>, Ga. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/GA.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="462.82.07">Peterson, Charles</a> — Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="893.38.00">Peterson, Charles A.</a> (b. 1884) — of Rosendale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/FD-lived.html">Fond du Lac County</a>, Wis. Born in Harris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CH-born.html">Chisago County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/04-12.html">April 12, 1884</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Fond du Lac County 2nd District; elected 1948, 1950; elected unopposed 1952. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="736.43.42">Peterson, Charles D.</a> — also known as Don Peterson — of Minnesota. Farmer-Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> 2nd District, 1942. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="825.49.29">Peterson, Charles E.</a> — of Provo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/UT-lived.html">Utah County</a>, Utah. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/UT.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="522.13.39">Peterson, Charles Henry</a> — of Coldwater, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BN-lived.html">Branch County</a>, Mich. Republican. Acting postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/coldwater.html#3">Coldwater, Mich.</a>, 1929. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="573.63.04">Peterson, Charles J.</a> — of Roselle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.J. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/NJ.html">1948</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="602.39.11">Peterson, Charles O.</a> — of Ballwin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Mo. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ballwin.html#2">Ballwin, Mo.</a>, 1917-44. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="103.12.10">Peterson, Charles P.</a> — of Glenwood City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/SC-lived.html">St. Croix County</a>, Wis. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/WI.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="052.00.51">Peterson, Cheryl</a> — of New York. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/NY.html">2000</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peterson, Chip See <a href="#634.37.15">Richard Peterson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="257.49.27">Peterson, Clarence J.</a> — of Jamestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-lived.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/NY.html">1980</a>. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="958.98.70">Peterson, Clarence T.</a> — of Racine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/RA-lived.html">Racine County</a>, Wis. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Racine County 1st District, 1938. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="635.05.06">Peterson, Collin Clark</a> (b. 1944) — also known as Collin C. Peterson — of Detroit Lakes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/BC-lived.html">Becker County</a>, Minn. Born in Fargo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/CA-born.html">Cass County</a>, N.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/06-29.html">June 29, 1944</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">Accountant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a>, 1977-86; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> 7th District, 1991-; defeated (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), 1984, 1986; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/MN.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/MN.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/MN.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/MN.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000258">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400316">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/098/000039978">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="011.27.41">Peterson, Conrad O.</a> — People's Progressive candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Iron and Vilas counties, 1948. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peterson, Curtis, Jr. See <a href="#939.88.39">N. Curtis Peterson Jr.</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="658.13.68">Peterson, Dale R.</a> — of Wakonda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 2nd District, 1959-60. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peterson, Dean See <a href="#996.52.63">S. Dean Peterson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peterson, Don See <a href="#736.43.42">Charles D. Peterson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="943.36.07">Peterson, Donald</a> — of Tooele, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/TO-lived.html">Tooele County</a>, Utah. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/tooele.html">mayor of Tooele, Utah</a>, 1985. Still living as of 1985. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="828.05.80">Peterson, Donald M.</a> — Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Minnesota. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="263.01.42">Peterson, Donna</a> — of Texas. Republican. Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 2nd District, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996 (primary); candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="160.68.44">Peterson, Dorothy</a> — of Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-lived.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/OR.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="505.65.23">Peterson, Doug</a> — Democrat. Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> 2nd District, 1988. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="677.49.97">Peterson, Douglas</a> — of Texas. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/TX.html">2000</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="586.62.54">Peterson, Douglas Brian</a> (b. 1935) — also known as Douglas Peterson; Pete Peterson — of Florida. Born in Omaha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DO-born.html">Douglas County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/06-26.html">June 26, 1935</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Florida</a> 2nd District, 1991-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/FL.html">1996</a>; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/VN-diplomats.html ">Vietnam</a>, 1997-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000259">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408661">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/peterson-douglas-brian ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/376/000120016">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="169.45.82">Peterson, Duane K.</a> — of Nebraska. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Nebraska</a> 3rd District, 1948, 1950. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="555.46.60">Peterson, Dutton S.</a> (b. 1894) — of Enfield Center, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TO-lived.html">Tompkins County</a>, N.Y.; near Odessa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SY-lived.html">Schuyler County</a>, N.Y. Born in Costello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PO-born.html">Potter County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/12-10.html">December 10, 1894</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Methodist minister</a>; Dry candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Schuyler County, 1937-42; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a>, 1953-64 (46th District 1953-54, 50th District 1955-64). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Norwegian</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-rho.html">Delta Sigma Rho</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/marine-corps-league.html">Marine Corps League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="125.74.32">Peterson, Mrs. Dwight J.</a> — of Toledo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LU-lived.html">Lucas County</a>, Ohio. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/OH.html">1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="926.34.32">Peterson, E. L.</a> — of Dickinson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, N.Dak. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from North Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/ND.html">1924</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="866.17.53">Peterson, E. N.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BU-lived.html">Buchanan County</a>, Mo. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Buchanan County 2nd District, 1913-14. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="035.27.52">Peterson, Edgar M.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a> from Baltimore city 4th District, 1906, 1916-17. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="909.81.02">Peterson, Edna</a> — of Chanute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/NE-lived.html">Neosho County</a>, Kan. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/KS.html">1944</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/KS.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peterson, Edward See <a href="#356.97.26">C. Edward Peterson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="466.07.81">Peterson, Edward J.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Middlesex County, 1921-22. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6674224015/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/146/76.76.jpg" width=70 height=109 border=0 alt="Edward P. Peterson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="146.76.76">Peterson, Edward P.</a> (b. 1855) — of Litchfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/MK-lived.html">Meeker County</a>, Minn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/GO-born.html">Goodhue County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/index.html">1855</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a>, 1911-18, 1923-26 (23rd District 1911-14, 26th District 1915-18, 1923-26). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="495.16.01">Peterson, Edward W.</a> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County 3rd District, 1958, 1960; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from Wayne County 3rd District, 1961. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="743.78.03">Peterson, Edwin</a> — of Kewanee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/HE-lived.html">Henry County</a>, Ill. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/kewanee.html">Mayor of Kewanee, Ill.</a>, 1950-51. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="223.29.00">Peterson, Elaine</a> — of Sacramento, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-lived.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/CA.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="909.45.52">Peterson, Ellery O.</a> — of St. Peter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/NI-lived.html">Nicollet County</a>, Minn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/saintpeter.html">Mayor of St. Peter, Minn.</a>, 1992-95. Still living as of 1995. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="990.71.02">Peterson, Elly M.</a> (b. 1914) — also known as Mrs. W. Merritt Peterson — of Charlotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-lived.html">Eaton County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/index.html">1914</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Vice-chair of Michigan Republican Party</a>, 1961-63; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Michigan</a>, 1964; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican state chair</a>, 1965-69; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/MI.html">1968</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Republican National Committee from Michigan</a>, 1969-71. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="071.09.29">Peterson, Elmer</a> — of Hibbing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a>, 1941-46; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 60th District, 1947-60. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="706.26.09">Peterson, Elmer A.</a> — of Willmar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/KY-lived.html">Kandiyohi County</a>, Minn. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/willmar.html#2">Willmar, Minn.</a>, 1923-34. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8276639768/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/747/86.95.jpg" width=70 height=100 border=0 alt="Elmer C. Peterson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="747.86.95">Peterson, Elmer C.</a> (b. 1892) — of Poplar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DU-lived.html">Douglas County</a>, Wis.; Superior, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DU-lived.html">Douglas County</a>, Wis. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/MA-born.html">Martin County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/11-30.html">November 30, 1892</a>. Progressive. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Douglas County 2nd District, 1935-42; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a>, 1943-46. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farmers-union.html">Farmers Union</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="169.11.76">Peterson, Emily B.</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 22nd District, 1919. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="814.90.10">Peterson, Eric Emil</a> — of Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-lived.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-consuls.html">Honorary Vice-Consul for Sweden</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-consuls.html">Portland, Ore.</a>, 1935. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="914.30.90">Peterson, Ethel</a> — of Exira, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/AU-lived.html">Audubon County</a>, Iowa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/IA.html">1944</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/IA.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/IA.html">1952</a> (alternate); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IA.html">Iowa Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1949. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="509.27.10">Peterson, Ethel</a> — of Pennsylvania. Workers candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1958. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1958. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peterson, Eugene See <a href="#639.90.81">Julius Eugene Peterson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="946.45.42">Peterson, Eugene</a> — of Estherville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/EM-lived.html">Emmet County</a>, Iowa. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/IA.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="676.69.88">Peterson, Eugene</a> — of Flint, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich. Libertarian. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Still living as of 1984. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="622.51.46">Peterson, Everett L.</a> — of Clinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/SA-lived.html">Sampson County</a>, N.C. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/NC.html">1952</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/aud.html">North Carolina state auditor</a>, 1964. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="106.48.37">Peterson, F.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/GO-lived.html">Goodhue County</a>, Minn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 17, 1875. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="240.59.03">Peterson, F. E.</a> — of Stapleton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LO-lived.html">Logan County</a>, Neb. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LO-parties.html">Chair of Logan County Republican Party</a>, 1940. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="613.27.50">Peterson, Ferris</a> — of Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MN-lived.html">Montcalm County</a>, Mich. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/greenville.html">Mayor of Greenville, Mich.</a>; elected 1935. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="936.28.32">Peterson, Florence</a> — of Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich.; Kentwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/MI.html">1952</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MI.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/MI.html">1988</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="064.70.04">Peterson, Francis</a> — of Boyceville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DN-lived.html">Dunn County</a>, Wis. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/WI.html">1964</a>. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="334.61.56">Peterson, Frank</a> — of St. Croix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VI/ZZ-lived.html">Virgin Islands</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virgin Islands, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/VI.html">1964</a>. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="903.17.73">Peterson, Frank A.</a> (b. 1881) — of Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb. Born in Omaha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DO-born.html">Douglas County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/02-22.html">February 22, 1881</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-officials.html">Lancaster County Attorney</a>, 1916-18; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Nebraska</a> 1st District, 1920. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/maccabees.html">Maccabees</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John A. Peterson and Caroline C. (Swanson) Peterson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/">1910</a> to Selma Engstrom.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="302.50.82">Peterson, Frank D.</a> (d. 1996) — of Campbellsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/TA-lived.html">Taylor County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/KY.html">1940</a>. Died in Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-died.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1996/01-23.html">January 23, 1996</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-buried.html#cms00359">Lexington Cemetery</a>, Lexington, Ky. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6674231601/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/008/47.01.jpg" width=70 height=100 border=0 alt="Frank H. Peterson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="008.47.01">Peterson, Frank H.</a> (born c.1862) — of Moorhead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Minn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/BL-born.html">Baltimore County</a>, Md., about 1862. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a>, 1903-10, 1915-22 (60th District 1903-10, 49th District 1915-22). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="580.31.93">Peterson, Frank W.</a> (b. 1877) — of Rockford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Born in Courtland Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-born.html">Kent County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/05-26.html">May 26, 1877</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Kent County 3rd District, 1917-18; defeated, 1918, 1930; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 17th District, 1924; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 5th District, 1932. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peterson, Fred C. See <a href="#595.39.65">Frederick C. Peterson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="955.94.82">Peterson, Fred L.</a> — of Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-lived.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/portland.html">Mayor of Portland, Ore.</a>, 1953-56. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="595.39.65">Peterson, Frederick C.</a> — also known as Fred C. Peterson — of Indiana. Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a>, 1986 (10th District), 1996 (6th District), 1998 (10th District). Still living as of 1998. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="138.48.87">Peterson, Frederick N.</a> (d. 1970) — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/ryco.html">Nebraska railway commission</a> 3rd District, 1965-70; died in office 1970. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/04-18.html">April 18, 1970</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="892.83.40">Peterson, Frederick R.</a> — of Jamestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-lived.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Chautauqua County 1st District, 1897-98. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="142.29.57">Peterson, Frederick Valdemar Erastus</a> (1903-1983) — also known as Val Peterson — of Elgin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/AN-lived.html">Antelope County</a>, Neb.; Hastings, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Neb. Born in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/BR-born.html">Burt County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/07-18.html">July 18, 1903</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coach.html">athletic coach</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; secretary to Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#289.42.14">Dwight Griswold</a>, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Nebraska</a>, 1947-53; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-diplomats.html ">Denmark</a>, 1957-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FI-diplomats.html ">Finland</a>, 1969-73; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/NE.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/NE.html">1972</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance executive</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jesters.html">Jesters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/dementia.html">Alzheimer's disease</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/lung.html">respiratory failure</a>, in Fremont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DD-died.html">Dodge County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/10-17.html">October 17, 1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 91 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/AN-buried.html#cms05183">Oakdale Cemetery</a>, Oakdale, Neb. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Henry C. Peterson and Hermanda (Swanberg) Peterson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/06-06.html">June 6, 1929</a>, to Elizabeth Howells Pleak.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/frederick-valdemar-erastus-val-peterson/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val Peterson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/peterson-frederick-valdemar-erastus ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/533/000213891">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0677430">Internet Movie Database profile</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="208.78.65">Peterson, Gail</a> — of Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/MI.html">1988</a>. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="148.93.41">Peterson, Gary L.</a> — of Columbia Heights, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/AK-lived.html">Anoka County</a>, Minn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/columbiaheights.html">Mayor of Columbia Heights, Minn.</a>; elected 2012. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="554.26.61">Peterson, Geoffrey G.</a> (born c.1946) — Born about 1946. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> 4th District, 1976. Still living as of 1976. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="050.12.43">Peterson, George Langdon</a> (b. 1877) — also known as George L. Peterson — of Clinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/SA-lived.html">Sampson County</a>, N.C. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/03-07.html">March 7, 1877</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 14th District, 1913-14. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen of the World</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of J. Franklin Peterson and Mary Elizabeth (Purvis) Peterson; married to Nettie Chesnutt.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6674233729/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/420/87.04.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="George M. Peterson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="420.87.04">Peterson, George M.</a> (b. 1879) — of Duluth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn. Born in Vermillion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CL-born.html">Clay County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/index.html">1879</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Grocer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 59th District, 1915-18. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="807.82.00">Peterson, George N.</a> (born c.1950) — of Grafton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-lived.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass. Born about 1950. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 2004; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/MA.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="830.67.77">Peterson, George W.</a> (b. 1872) — of Long Prairie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/TO-lived.html">Todd County</a>, Minn. Born in Albert Lea, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/FR-born.html">Freeborn County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/02-25.html">February 25, 1872</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/TO-officials.html">Todd County Attorney</a>, 1898-1905; candidate for Presidential Elector for Minnesota; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Minnesota state supreme court</a>, 1934. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="083.37.80">Peterson, Gloria</a> — of Ypsilanti, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/MI.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="822.24.44">Peterson, Grant</a> (born c.1940) — of Chewelah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ST-lived.html">Stevens County</a>, Wash. Born about 1940. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/WA.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="412.80.75">Peterson, Gregory P.</a> — of East Meadow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-lived.html">Nassau County</a>, Long Island, N.Y. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1996/NY.html">1996</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="407.60.07">Peterson, Gust B.</a> — of New York. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 43rd District, 1918, 1920. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="167.95.93">Peterson, Gust C.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-lived.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Chautauqua County 1st District, 1911, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 51st District, 1914. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peterson, Hardin See <a href="#930.42.91">James Hardin Peterson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="561.70.41">Peterson, Harold E.</a> — of Galena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/CH-lived.html">Cherokee County</a>, Kan. Republican. Acting postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/galena.html#2">Galena, Kan.</a>, 1933. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="840.24.56">Peterson, Harold F.</a> — of Sayre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BR-lived.html">Bradford County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sayre.html#2">Burgess of Sayre, Pennsylvania</a>, 1960. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="000.14.15">Peterson, Harry Herbert</a> (b. 1890) — also known as Harry H. Peterson — of St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn. Born in St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-born.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/04-12.html">April 12, 1890</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-officials.html">Ramsey County Attorney</a>, 1923-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/attygn.html">Minnesota state attorney general</a>, 1933-36; Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Minnesota</a>, 1950. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Swan Alfred Peterson and Mathilda Christina (Gustafson) Peterson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/06-28.html">June 28, 1916</a>, to Mabel V. Norquist.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="926.45.92">Peterson, Harry S.</a> — of Ishpeming, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MQ-lived.html">Marquette County</a>, Mich. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/MI.html">1948</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1949. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="150.51.69">Peterson, Helen</a> — of Redmond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-lived.html">King County</a>, Wash. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/WA.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/WA.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="503.67.57">Peterson, Henry C.</a> — Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Kansas</a>, 1928. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="501.49.08">Peterson, Henry K.</a> — of Council Bluffs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PT-lived.html">Pottawattamie County</a>, Iowa. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a> 7th District, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/IA.html">1940</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Iowa state supreme court</a>, 1955-65. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="266.87.03">Peterson, Henry W.</a> (b. 1892) — of Woodbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/GL-lived.html">Gloucester County</a>, N.J. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/12-31.html">December 31, 1892</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a>; president, Philadelphia Transportation and Lighterage Company (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">dredging</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">water transportation</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> at-large; elected 1933; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/cncn9.html">delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention</a> from Gloucester County, 1947; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/woodbury.html">mayor of Woodbury, N.J.</a>, 1953-54. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/01-25.html">January 25, 1911</a>, to Elizabeth Gillis Brown.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="384.88.06">Peterson, Hjalmar R.</a> — of Brockton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/PL-lived.html">Plymouth County</a>, Mass. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/MA.html">1956</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/MA.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/MA.html">1972</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="802.22.27">Peterson, Homer</a> — of Beaver, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/BV-lived.html">Beaver County</a>, Utah. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/UT.html">1944</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="366.11.98">Peterson, Howard</a> — of Benson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SW-lived.html">Swift County</a>, Minn. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/MN.html">1944</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="082.12.79">Peterson, Howard</a> — of Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/SD.html">1960</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="533.15.91">Peterson, Hugh, Jr.</a> (1898-1961) — of Ailey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MY-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ga. Born near Ailey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MY-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/08-21.html">August 21, 1898</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a> from Montgomery County, 1923-31; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a>, 1931-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> 1st District, 1935-47. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Sylva, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/10-03.html">October 3, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 43 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MY-buried.html#cms04963">a private or family graveyard</a>, Montgomery County, Ga. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William James Peterson and Catherine Joannah (Calhoun) Peterson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/06-24.html">June 24, 1930</a>, to Patience Elizabeth Russell.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000260">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408662">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="066.51.87">Peterson, Iris</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 1st District, 1986. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1986. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="491.17.49">Peterson, Ivar H.</a> — Republican. Member, National Labor Relations Board, 1952-56. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="760.11.34">Peterson, J. August</a> — of Crystal Lake, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MH-lived.html">McHenry County</a>, Ill. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/crystallake.html">Mayor of Crystal Lake, Ill.</a>, 1935-38. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peterson, J. Eugene See <a href="#639.90.81">Julius Eugene Peterson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="948.00.30">Peterson, J. G.</a> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/MI.html">1860</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peterson, J. Hardin See <a href="#930.42.91">James Hardin Peterson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="642.77.54">Peterson, J. L.</a> — Farmer-Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> at-large, 1932. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="767.33.77">Peterson, J. M.</a> — of Beresford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/LI-lived.html">Lincoln County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a>, 1907-10 (4th District 1907-08, 5th District 1909-10). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="750.76.47">Peterson, J. O.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/FR-lived.html">Freeborn County</a>, Minn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 6th District, 1927-30; defeated, 1930. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="021.71.09">Peterson, J. P.</a> — of Luck, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/PL-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Wis. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/WI.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="776.71.60">Peterson, J. R.</a> — of South River, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, N.J. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/southriver.html#2">South River, N.J.</a>, 1887. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="192.63.20">Peterson, J. R.</a> — of Ellensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KA-lived.html">Kittitas County</a>, Wash. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/ellensburg.html">Mayor of Ellensburg, Wash.</a>, 1953. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="094.77.56">Peterson, James</a> — Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Utah. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="187.32.72">Peterson, James</a> — of Texas. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/TX.html">2000</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="400.82.37">Peterson, James A.</a> — of Minnesota. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota</a>, 1916. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="702.57.53">Peterson, James D. H.</a> (b. 1894) — of La Crosse, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/LC-lived.html">La Crosse County</a>, Wis. Born in La Crosse, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/LC-born.html">La Crosse County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/08-07.html">August 7, 1894</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from La Crosse County 1st District, 1925-26, 1955-60. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="570.82.00">Peterson, James H.</a> — of Minnesota. Independents for Perot candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> 6th District, 1992. Still living as of 1992. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="930.42.91">Peterson, James Hardin</a> (1894-1978) — also known as J. Hardin Peterson — of Lakeland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PK-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Fla. Born in Batesburg (now part of Batesburg-Leesville), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LX-born.html">Lexington County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/02-11.html">February 11, 1894</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">citrus grower</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PK-officials.html">Polk County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1921-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Florida</a> 1st District, 1933-51; chairman, First State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> of Lakeland. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-khorassan.html">Knights of Khorassan</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died in Lakeland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PK-died.html">Polk County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/03-28.html">March 28, 1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 45 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PK-buried.html#cms01366">Roselawn Cemetery</a>, Lakeland, Fla. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Newton Fay Peterson and Willa E. (Geiger) Peterson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/05-29.html">May 29, 1917</a>, to Christine Farrar.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000261">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408663">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="807.98.45">Peterson, James Lyle</a> — Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 21st District, 2006. Still living as of 2006. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="069.98.00">Peterson, James M.</a> — of Richfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SV-lived.html">Sevier County</a>, Utah. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/UT.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="518.76.82">Peterson, James T.</a> — of Mobile, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MO-lived.html">Mobile County</a>, Ala. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/AL.html">1888</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/AL.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/AL.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/AL.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/AL.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/AL.html">1920</a> (alternate). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="011.86.32">Peterson, James W.</a> — Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="377.54.97">Peterson, Jared</a> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for California. Still living as of 2020. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="499.61.98">Peterson, Jean</a> — of Locust Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, Va. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/VA.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="124.44.12">Peterson, Jedidiah Grant</a> — of Mesa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/mesa.html">Mayor of Mesa, Ariz.</a>, 1900-02. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="516.30.63">Peterson, Jerome B.</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Co-owner of the New York Age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/VZ-consuls.html ">Puerto Cabello</a>, 1904-05. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="384.39.92">Peterson, Jim</a> — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/FE-lived.html">Fergus County</a>, Mont. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/stsen.html">Montana state senate</a> 15th District; elected 2010. Still living as of 2010. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="194.51.81">Peterson, JoAnn</a> — of Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1979. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1979. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peterson, Jocelyn Birch See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burdick.html#092.87.63">Jocelyn Birch Burdick</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="796.42.29">Peterson, John</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/DD-lived.html">Dodge County</a>, Minn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 13, 1883-84. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="046.61.80">Peterson, John</a> — of Nasby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/LA-lived.html">Lawrence County</a>, S.Dak.; Nemo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/LA-lived.html">Lawrence County</a>, S.Dak.; Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/LA-lived.html">Lawrence County</a>, S.Dak. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 48th District, 1899-1902, 1905-08. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="824.37.44">Peterson, John</a> — of St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/MNcc nSP">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1909. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="101.24.78">Peterson, John</a> — of Derby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Derby, 1918. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="925.39.03">Peterson, John</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Delaware County, 1952. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="281.52.16">Peterson, John A.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/BE-lived.html">Blue Earth County</a>, Minn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 14, 1873. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="051.40.67">Peterson, John A.</a> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/IL.html">1920</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="732.25.23">Peterson, John A.</a> — of California. Independent Progressive candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 8th District, 1950. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="068.64.25">Peterson, John A.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-lived.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> 150th District, 1966. Still living as of 1966. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="194.01.85">Peterson, John Barney</a> (1850-1944) — also known as John B. Peterson — of Crown Point, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Ind. Born near Lowell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LA-born.html">Lake County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/07-04.html">July 4, 1850</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 10th District, 1913-15; defeated, 1910. Died in Crown Point, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LA-died.html">Lake County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/07-16.html">July 16, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 12 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LA-buried.html# ">Maplewood Historic Cemetery</a>, Crown Point, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#865.52.41">Horatio Clifford Claypool</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#193.71.57">Harold Kile Claypool</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10286.html">Claypool family</a> of Chillicothe, Ohio.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000262">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408664">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/20004">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="705.17.05">Peterson, John C.</a> — of Ailey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MY-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ga. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a>, 1950. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="273.95.90">Peterson, John C.</a> — of Minnesota. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 25th District, 1958. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="875.12.80">Peterson, John E.</a> (b. 1938) — of Pleasantville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-lived.html">Venango County</a>, Pa. Born in Titusville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CR-born.html">Crawford County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/12-25.html">December 25, 1938</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1977-84; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 25th District, 1985-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 5th District, 1997-; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/PA.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000263">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400317">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/099/000039979">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="251.63.22">Peterson, John H.</a> — of Elk Point, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 1st District, 1927-30. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="204.87.63">Peterson, John H.</a> — of Schenectady, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SC-lived.html">Schenectady County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 31st District, 1950; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/NY.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/NY.html">1964</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="010.38.48">Peterson, John M.</a> — of Shelby Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-lived.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 12th District, 2001. Still living as of 2001. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="749.00.90">Peterson, John O.</a> — of Havre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/HI-lived.html">Hill County</a>, Mont. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/cr21.html">Delegate to Montana convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="364.51.97">Peterson, John W.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/GO-lived.html">Goodhue County</a>, Minn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 17th District, 1873-74. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="260.41.36">Peterson, John W.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CL-lived.html">Calvert County</a>, Md. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a> from Calvert County, 1908. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="775.49.40">Peterson, Joseph H.</a> — of Pocatello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/BA-lived.html">Bannock County</a>, Idaho. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/attygn.html">Idaho state attorney general</a>, 1913-17; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/ID.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="885.67.64">Peterson, Joseph N.</a> — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/MA.html">1900</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/salem.html">mayor of Salem, Mass.</a>, 1903-05. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="718.70.12">Peterson, Joseph R.</a> — of Wyandotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Delray, Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">police detective</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/wyandotte.html">mayor of Wyandotte, Mich.</a>, 2009-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/polish.html">Polish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/holy-name-soc.html">Holy Name Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/viet-vets-am.html">Vietnam Veterans of America</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/polish-legion-am-vets.html">Polish Legion of American Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Janice Tomocik.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="821.74.13">Peterson, Josiah S.</a> — of Hapeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-lived.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/hapeville.html#2">Hapeville, Ga.</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="639.90.81">Peterson, Julius Eugene</a> (1858-1936) — also known as J. Eugene Peterson — of Fort Gaines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CY-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Ga. Born in Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/12-20.html">December 20, 1858</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/GA.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/GA.html">1932</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CY-died.html">Clay County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/06-28.html">June 28, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 191 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CY-buried.html# ">New Park Cemetery</a>, Fort Gaines, Ga. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of R. B. Peterson and Amanda (Henderson) Peterson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/12-27.html">December 27, 1882</a>, to Terrell C. Speight.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/39513522">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="529.29.06">Peterson, K. Berry</a> (b. 1891) — of Tahlequah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/CH-lived.html">Cherokee County</a>, Okla.; Tucson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/PI-lived.html">Pima County</a>, Ariz. Born in Alamo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MN-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/07-24.html">July 24, 1891</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/PI-officials.html">Pima County Attorney</a>, 1922-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/attygn.html">Arizona state attorney general</a>, 1929-33. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-alpha-epsilon.html">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles Arthur Peterson and Hannah N. (Duckworth) Peterson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/09-15.html">September 15, 1923</a>, to Elizabeth Downing Mason.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="003.00.15">Peterson, Karen Carter</a> — also known as Karen C. Peterson — of New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-lived.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/LA.html">2008</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Louisiana. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2020. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="830.56.86">Peterson, Katherine Hubay</a> (b. 1949) — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/index.html">1949</a>. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LE-diplomats.html ">Lesotho</a>, 1998. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2001. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/peterson-katherine-hubay ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="062.27.17">Peterson, Kay</a> — of Karlstad, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/KI-lived.html">Kittson County</a>, Minn. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/MN.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/MN.html">1964</a> (alternate). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peterson, Ken See <a href="#519.10.70">Kenneth D. Peterson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peterson, Kenneth See <a href="#298.65.59">P. Kenneth Peterson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="519.10.70">Peterson, Kenneth D.</a> — also known as Ken Peterson — of Billings, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/YE-lived.html">Yellowstone County</a>, Mont. Republican. Elected <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/sthse.html">Montana state house of representatives</a> 46th District 2010; delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2012/MT.html">2012</a>. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="319.24.99">Peterson, Kenneth R.</a> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for Arizona. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="374.69.55">Peterson, Kristin L.</a> — of Oberlin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LO-lived.html">Lorain County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/OH.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/OH.html">2000</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/OH.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="811.06.86">Peterson, L.</a> — of Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/pittsburgh.html#4">Mayor of Allegheny, Pa.</a>, 1881-84. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="258.47.44">Peterson, L. J.</a> — of Michigan. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 19th District, 1978. Still living as of 1978. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="469.53.42">Peterson, L. R.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MK-lived.html">McKean County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from McKean County, 1952. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="351.21.14">Peterson, Lance</a> — of Minnesota. Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Minnesota. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="086.72.09">Peterson, Lars P.</a> — of Coos Bay, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/CO-lived.html">Coos County</a>, Ore. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/OR.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="848.20.51">Peterson, Laura</a> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for California. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="678.80.14">Peterson, LaVern E.</a> — of Coon Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/AK-lived.html">Anoka County</a>, Minn. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/MN.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="825.34.77">Peterson, Leonard</a> — of Walker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CS-lived.html">Cass County</a>, Minn. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/MN.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="076.16.26">Peterson, Leroy P.</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. American Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 8th District, 1948. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="003.22.44">Peterson, Linda</a> — of Grand Forks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/GF-lived.html">Grand Forks County</a>, N.Dak. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from North Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/ND.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="331.98.25">Peterson, Linda</a> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for Arizona. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="003.56.19">Peterson, Lola</a> — of Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/MI.html">1988</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="186.99.45">Peterson, Lucius H.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/DC.html">1900</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="915.43.70">Peterson, Lummie</a> — of Texas. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/TX.html">2000</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="656.10.85">Peterson, Lynn</a> — of Abilene, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/DI-lived.html">Dickinson County</a>, Kan. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/abilene.html">Mayor of Abilene, Kan.</a>, 1998-99, 2003-05, 2008-09, 2011-12. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="070.95.10">Peterson, M. B.</a> — of Lounsberry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/DY-lived.html">Day County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 34th District, 1893-94. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peterson, M. Blaine See <a href="#616.76.99">Morris Blaine Peterson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="222.93.40">Peterson, M. F.</a> — of Ladue, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Mo. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ladue.html">Mayor of Ladue, Mo.</a>, 1965-66. Still living as of 1966. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="576.27.58">Peterson, M. R.</a> — of Bradley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CA-lived.html">Clark County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 32nd District, 1915-16. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="702.55.50">Peterson, Mancel W.</a> (b. 1890) — of Waubay, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/DY-lived.html">Day County</a>, S.Dak. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/05-18.html">May 18, 1890</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 34th District, 1929-38; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/snpr.html">President pro tempore of the South Dakota State Senate</a>, 1935-36; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/SD.html">1940</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 33rd District, 1957-64. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="127.90.58">Peterson, Marie</a> — of Monument, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/LG-lived.html">Logan County</a>, Kan. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/KS.html">1984</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1984. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="046.98.74">Peterson, Mark</a> — of Pittsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/CR-lived.html">Crawford County</a>, Kan. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/KS.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="853.16.90">Peterson, Mark F.</a> — of Winona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/WI-lived.html">Winona County</a>, Minn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/winona.html">Mayor of Winona, Minn.</a>; elected 2012. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="605.70.39">Peterson, Mary E.</a> — of Sun City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/RI-lived.html">Riverside County</a>, Calif. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/CA.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="186.40.90">Peterson, Melvin</a> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for Arizona. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="649.22.32">Peterson, Merle Francis</a> (1916-2004) — also known as Merle F. Peterson — of Dumas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/DE-lived.html">Desha County</a>, Ark. Born in Mt. Carmel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WB-born.html">Wabash County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/03-06.html">March 6, 1916</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autodealer.html">automobile dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/stsen.html">Arkansas state senate</a>, 1960-66; candidate for Presidential Elector for Arkansas. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died in Pine Bluff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2004/03-19.html">March 19, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 13 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/DE-buried.html#cms06881">Walnut Lake Cemetery</a>, Dumas, Ark. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="532.02.13">Peterson, Mike</a> — of Des Moines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Iowa. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IA.html">Democratic National Committee from Iowa</a>, 1996; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/IA.html">1996</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="595.50.30">Peterson, Millie</a> — of Utah. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/socialwork.html">Social worker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/stsen.html">Utah state senate</a> 12th District, 2001. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2001. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="616.76.99">Peterson, Morris Blaine</a> (1906-1985) — also known as M. Blaine Peterson — of Ogden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/WE-lived.html">Weber County</a>, Utah. Born in Ogden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/WE-born.html">Weber County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/03-26.html">March 26, 1906</a>. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/UT.html">1944</a>; member of Utah state legislature, 1955; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Utah</a> 1st District, 1961-63. Died in Ogden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/WE-died.html">Weber County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1985/07-15.html">July 15, 1985</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 111 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/WE-buried.html#cms02417">Ogden City Cemetery</a>, Ogden, Utah. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000264">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408665">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="383.28.86">Peterson, N.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/TI-lived.html">Tift County</a>, Ga. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a> from Tift County, 1926. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="939.88.39">Peterson, N. Curtis, Jr.</a> (c.1923-1996) — of Lakeland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PK-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Fla. Born about 1923. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/stsen.html">Florida state senate</a> 12th District, 1973-84. Died following <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart</a> surgery at Lakeland Regional <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Lakeland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PK-died.html">Polk County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1996/index.html">1996</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">about 73 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="641.92.45">Peterson, Neil W.</a> — of Bloomington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/bloomington.html">Mayor of Bloomington, Minn.</a>, 1990-95; resigned 1995. Still living as of 1995. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="570.44.30">Peterson, Nels</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 51st District, 1923-26. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="255.68.05">Peterson, Nelz</a> — of Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-lived.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/OR.html">1944</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="056.77.91">Peterson, Mrs. Nichols</a> — of Tifton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/TI-lived.html">Tift County</a>, Ga. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/GA.html">1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="935.19.48">Peterson, Noreen</a> — of New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2016. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="532.21.74">Peterson, Norris</a> — of Brighton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Colo. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/CO.html">1964</a>. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="019.79.87">Peterson, O. J.</a> — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/WY-lived.html">Wyandotte County</a>, Kan. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/KS.html">1908</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="852.60.04">Peterson, Ole</a> — of Minnesota. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 39th District, 1872. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="305.93.22">Peterson, Ole</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/FR-lived.html">Freeborn County</a>, Minn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 4, 1883-84. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="693.29.99">Peterson, Opal</a> — of Minnesota. Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Minnesota. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/857/52.33.jpg" width=70 height=109 border=0 alt="Oscar Peterson, Jr."></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="857.52.33">Peterson, Oscar, Jr.</a> (1891-1963) — of Stratford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Wallingford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/07-25.html">July 25, 1891</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/landtitle.html">Abstract and title business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Stratford; elected 1946; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 25th District, 1953. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>. Died in Stratford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/03-30.html">March 30, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 248 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html# ">Union Cemetery</a>, Stratford, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/">1912</a> to Malda Gendron; father of Norval Oscar Peterson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/90183654">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Connecticut Register & Manual 1953</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="238.92.51">Peterson, Otto</a> — of Brookings, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BO-lived.html">Brookings County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 22nd District, 1935-36. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6674238341/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/354/60.56.jpg" width=70 height=109 border=0 alt="Otto M. Peterson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="354.60.56">Peterson, Otto M.</a> (b. 1877) — of Albert Lea, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/FR-lived.html">Freeborn County</a>, Minn. Born in Cashton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/05-04.html">May 4, 1877</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Nurseryman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/fruit-produce.html">fruit</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">grower</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">livestock raiser</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 6, 1917-18. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Norwegian</a> ancestry. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="641.80.47">Peterson, P. A.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/MO-lived.html">Mower County</a>, Minn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 4, 1881-82. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="938.43.17">Peterson, P. A.</a> — of Wausa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Neb. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/NE.html">1936</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="232.06.45">Peterson, P. F.</a> — of near Montrose, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 10th District, 1935-36. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="926.69.45">Peterson, P. J.</a> — of Brandt, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/DU-lived.html">Deuel County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a>, 1917-22 (29th District 1917-18, 27th District 1919-22). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="477.01.92">Peterson, P. J. E.</a> — of Minnesota. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 9th District, 1950. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="298.65.59">Peterson, P. Kenneth</a> (1915-1994) — of Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Born in Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-born.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/04-13.html">April 13, 1915</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/MN.html">1952</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/minneapolis.html">mayor of Minneapolis, Minn.</a>, 1957-61; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Minnesota</a>, 1960. Killed in an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">automobile accident</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/12-31.html">December 31, 1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 262 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="978.31.54">Peterson, P. O.</a> — Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/trea.html">South Dakota state treasurer</a>, 1892. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="725.14.68">Peterson, P. W.</a> — of Minnesota. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Minnesota. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="049.77.05">Peterson, P. W.</a> — of Vermillion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 2nd District, 1909-12. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="953.11.36">Peterson, Pam</a> — of Tulsa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/TU-lived.html">Tulsa County</a>, Okla. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/OK.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="235.32.56">Peterson, Pam</a> — of Granite Bay, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/PL-lived.html">Placer County</a>, Calif. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2012/CA.html">2012</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="646.39.96">Peterson, Paul Calvin</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 65th District, 1980. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="563.22.60">Peterson, Pauline H.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-lived.html">Salem County</a>, N.J. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/cncn9.html">delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention</a> from Salem County, 1947. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soroptimists.html">Soroptimists</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aauw.html">American Association of University Women</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-gamma.html">Delta Kappa Gamma</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Harold A. Peterson.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="673.87.24">Peterson, Payson</a> — of Washington. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Washington</a> 2nd District, 1944, 1946. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="019.36.95">Peterson, Mrs. Pete</a> — of Reno, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/WA-lived.html">Washoe County</a>, Nev. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/NV.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peterson, Pete See <a href="#586.62.54">Douglas Brian Peterson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peterson, Pete See <a href="#191.18.46">Ron Peterson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="986.62.00">Peterson, Peter</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/FI-lived.html">Fillmore County</a>, Minn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 14, 1862. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="477.13.76">Peterson, Peter</a> — of California. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 28th District, 1883-85. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="801.11.98">Peterson, Peter</a> — of Volga, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BO-lived.html">Brookings County</a>, S.Dak.; Brookings, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BO-lived.html">Brookings County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 21st District, 1895-1900. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="124.13.13">Peterson, Peter George</a> (b. 1926) — also known as Peter G. Peterson — Born in Kearney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/BF-born.html">Buffalo County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/06-05.html">June 5, 1926</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Commerce</a>, 1972-73. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/146/000052987">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="789.16.90">Peterson, Peter L.</a> — of Anglesea (now North Wildwood), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CM-lived.html">Cape May County</a>, N.J. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/NJ.html">1924</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peterson, Petrus See <a href="#827.85.21">C. Petrus Peterson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="521.57.37">Peterson, Ralph, Sr.</a> — of Pleasantville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-lived.html">Atlantic County</a>, N.J. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/pleasantville.html">Mayor of Pleasantville, N.J.</a>, 2007. Still living as of 2007. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="203.37.47">Peterson, Ray D.</a> — of Melrose Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/IL.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="932.75.08">Peterson, Raymond W.</a> — of Milltown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, N.J. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/NJ.html">1980</a>. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8275577353/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/796/31.16.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="Reuben W. Peterson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="796.31.16">Peterson, Reuben W.</a> (b. 1899) — of Berlin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/GL-lived.html">Green Lake County</a>, Wis. Born in Berlin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/GL-born.html">Green Lake County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/11-22.html">November 22, 1899</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/GL-officials.html">Green Lake County District Attorney</a>, 1927; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Green Lake and Waushara counties, 1935-39; resigned 1939; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/WI.html">1936</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="634.37.15">Peterson, Richard</a> — also known as Chip Peterson — Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 19th District, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="170.21.52">Peterson, Richard E.</a> (b. 1920) — of Waupaca, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WP-lived.html">Waupaca County</a>, Wis. Born in Waupaca, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WP-born.html">Waupaca County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/07-17.html">July 17, 1920</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Waupaca County, 1951-64. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="315.02.42">Peterson, Robert</a> — of Centerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/TU-lived.html">Turner County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 6th District, 1933-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota</a>, 1935-37. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="471.35.16">Peterson, Robert</a> — of Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/MN.html">1968</a>. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="291.95.18">Peterson, Robert</a> — Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="573.24.68">Peterson, Robert A.</a> — of Miami Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-lived.html">Miami-Dade County</a>, Fla. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Florida</a> 3rd District, 1962; delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/FL.html">1964</a>. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="118.14.28">Peterson, Robert A.</a> — of Michigan. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 58th District, 1974. Still living as of 1974. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="157.17.38">Peterson, Robert D.</a> — of Marlin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/FA-lived.html">Falls County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/TX.html">1944</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="417.30.49">Peterson, Robert E.</a> — of Indiana. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/IN.html">2000</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="860.63.02">Peterson, Robert W.</a> — also known as Bob Peterson — of North Dakota. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for North Dakota. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="658.56.11">Peterson, Ron</a> — Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/sthse.html">Oklahoma state house of representatives</a> 80th District; elected 2002. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="191.18.46">Peterson, Ron</a> — also known as Pete Peterson — of Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-lived.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Idaho</a>, 2010. Still living as of 2010. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=229333">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="430.57.94">Peterson, Ronald</a> — of Lodi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SJ-lived.html">San Joaquin County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/CA.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="288.68.18">Peterson, Ronnie D.</a> — of Ypsilanti, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/MI.html">1996</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/MI.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.elyecho.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&ArticleID=12200"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/070/29.27.jpg" width=70 height=120 border=0 alt="Ross Peterson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="070.29.27">Peterson, Ross</a> — of Ely, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/ely.html">Mayor of Ely, Minn.</a>, 2013-. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Ely Echo, August 15, 2012</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="827.32.48">Peterson, Ross S.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J. Conservative. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Essex County, 1961. Still living as of 1961. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="324.98.10">Peterson, Russell L., Jr.</a> — of Riverton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-lived.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/riverton.html">mayor of Riverton, Utah</a>, 1985. Still living as of 1985. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="735.73.01">Peterson, Russell Wilber</a> (1916-2011) — also known as Russell W. Peterson — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Portage, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/CO-born.html">Columbia County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/10-03.html">October 3, 1916</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Textile</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/scientist.html">researcher</a> for du Pont <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">chemical</a> company; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/DE.html">1964</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/DE.html">1972</a> (delegation chair); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1969-73; defeated, 1972. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-chemical-soc.html">American Chemical Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-xi.html">Sigma Xi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-eta-sigma.html">Phi Eta Sigma</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2011/02-21.html">February 21, 2011</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 141 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Anton Peterson and Emma (Anthony) Peterson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/06-30.html">June 30, 1937</a>, to E. Lillian Turner.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/russell-w-peterson/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/873/000051720">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books by Russell W. Peterson: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1892142201/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1892142201&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Patriots, Stand Up!: This Land Is Our Land; Fight to Take It Back</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="638.19.89">Peterson, S. D.</a> — of New Ulm, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/BR-lived.html">Brown County</a>, Minn. Born in Guldbrandsdalen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-born.html">Norway</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">Implement dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 37th District, 1881-82; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/newulm.html#2">New Ulm, Minn.</a>, 1907. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="794.57.02">Peterson, S. D.</a> — of Milton (now part of Milton-Freewater), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/UM-lived.html">Umatilla County</a>, Ore. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/OR.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/OR.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/OR.html">1936</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="996.52.63">Peterson, S. Dean</a> — of Chattanooga, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Tenn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/chattanooga.html">Mayor of Chattanooga, Tenn.</a>, 1971. Still living as of 1971. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="514.68.06">Peterson, S. M.</a> — of Parkersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WO-lived.html">Wood County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.). Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/VA.html">1860</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="817.62.67">Peterson, Sewell A.</a> — of Rice Lake, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/BA-lived.html">Barron County</a>, Wis. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/trea.html">Wisconsin state treasurer</a>, 1895-99; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/WI.html">1900</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="534.95.73">Peterson, Sheridan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/cr21.html">Delegate to California convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="637.58.06">Peterson, Stephen M.</a> — of Iowa. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a> 3rd District, 1964. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="448.18.50">Peterson, Steve</a> — of Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn. Elected () <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/virginia.html">mayor of Virginia, Minn.</a> 2011. Still living as of 2011. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="797.39.85">Peterson, Sue</a> — of Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/SD.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="628.52.60">Peterson, Talbot</a> — of Appleton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/OU-lived.html">Outagamie County</a>, Wis. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/WI.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/WI.html">1972</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/WI.html">Wisconsin Republican state chair</a>, 1964. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="118.17.36">Peterson, Ted</a> — of Buxton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/TR-lived.html">Traill County</a>, N.Dak. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/ND.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="359.84.85">Peterson, Terry P.</a> — of Faribault, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RI-lived.html">Rice County</a>, Minn. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/MN.html">1944</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 18th District, 1946. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="852.89.33">Peterson, Theodore E.</a> — Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Minnesota. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="452.85.42">Peterson, Thomas</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Sussex County, 1776-77. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="067.17.08">Peterson, Thorlief A.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/CR-lived.html">Crawford County</a>, Wis. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>; elected 1932; defeated, 1936 (Crawford County), 1954 (Crawford and Richland counties). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="102.56.66">Peterson, Tim</a> — Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Wisconsin</a>, 2000; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 5th District, 2004. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="740.26.64">Peterson, Timothy</a> — of Monument, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/LG-lived.html">Logan County</a>, Kan. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/KS.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="472.18.36">Peterson, Todd W.</a> — of Redwood Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RD-lived.html">Redwood County</a>, Minn. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/redwoodfalls.html">mayor of Redwood Falls, Minn.</a>, 2006. Still living as of 2006. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peterson, Val See <a href="#142.29.57">Frederick Valdemar Erastus Peterson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="946.19.97">Peterson, Victor</a> — of Branson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/TA-lived.html">Taney County</a>, Mo. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/branson.html">Mayor of Branson, Mo.</a>, 1961. Still living as of 1961. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="204.26.21">Peterson, W. J.</a> — of Texas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/texascity.html">mayor of Texas City, Tex.</a>, 1944. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peterson, Mrs. W. Merritt See <a href="#990.71.02">Elly M. Peterson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="785.20.38">Peterson, W. O.</a> — of Colorado. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 3rd District, 1934. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="979.72.07">Peterson, Wally</a> — of Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb. Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Nebraska. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="264.61.72">Peterson, Walter B.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DN-lived.html">Dunn County</a>, Wis. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Dunn County, 1950, 1951. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="984.77.46">Peterson, Walter Rutherford</a> (1922-2011) — also known as Walter Peterson — of Peterborough, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H. Born in Nashua, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-born.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/09-19.html">September 19, 1922</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1961-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives</a>, 1965-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New Hampshire</a>, 1969-73; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Franklin Pierce College; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/NH.html">1988</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/NH.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/lung-cancer.html">lung cancer</a>, in Peterborough, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-died.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2011/06-01.html">June 1, 2011</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 255 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-buried.html#cms00271">Pine Hill Cemetery</a>, Peterborough, N.H. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/walter-peterson/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/518/000122152">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/70740339">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="313.77.66">Peterson, Mrs. Wayne</a> — of Moorhead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Minn. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/MN.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="837.03.94">Peterson, Wayne</a> — of South Dakota. Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from South Dakota</a>, 1980. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="959.59.59">Peterson, Will M.</a> — of Pendleton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/UM-lived.html">Umatilla County</a>, Ore. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/OR.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/OR.html">1924</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/OR.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/OR.html">1940</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Oregon. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="483.79.56">Peterson, William</a> — also known as Bill Peterson — of Minnesota. Socialist. Socialist Workers candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Minnesota</a>, 1976, 1978. Still living as of 1978. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="308.80.03">Peterson, William B.</a> — of Fletcher, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/HE-lived.html">Henderson County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/NC.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="375.93.30">Peterson, William C.</a> — of Honolulu, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/HO-lived.html">Honolulu County</a>, Hawaii. Democrat. Acting postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/ofc/honolulu.html#2">Honolulu, Hawaii</a>, 1916-17. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="671.75.31">Peterson, William F.</a> — U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BC-consuls.html ">Vancouver</a>, as of 1897. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="849.68.37">Peterson, William H.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 2nd District, 1865-67. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="495.24.14">Peterson, William H.</a> — of Abilene, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/DI-lived.html">Dickinson County</a>, Kan. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/abilene.html">Mayor of Abilene, Kan.</a>, 1988-89, 1991-92, 1995-96. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="623.74.53">Peterson, William R.</a> — of Florida. Populist candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Florida</a> 2nd District, 1896; candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="194.53.46">Peterson, William R.</a> (1894-1992) — of Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn. Born in Middletown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/06-08.html">June 8, 1894</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">Petroleum distributor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Portland, 1939-43; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a>, 1947-49; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/CT.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">nursing home</a> at Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-died.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1992/12-11.html">December 11, 1992</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/98.html">98 years, 186 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Olaf Frederick Peterson and Sophie Christine (Johnson) Peterson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/09-16.html">September 16, 1916</a>, to Clara Amelie Bergeson.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="019.51.88">Peterson, William R.</a> — of Cadillac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WX-lived.html">Wexford County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 28th Circuit, 1960-78. Still living as of 1978. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="787.60.88">Peterson, Mrs. Z. Y.</a> — of Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-lived.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/GA.html">1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. 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