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Peters was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives of the 63rd United States Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Forrest Goodwin, and reelected to the four succeeding Congresses until his resignation on January 2, 1922, serving from September 9, 1913, to January 2, 1922.
John Merrell Peters (January 16, 1927 – February 4, 2013) was an American lawyer and legislator. Born in Rochester, Minnesota, Peters grew up in DeWitt, Iowa. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa and his law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law.
John A. Peters (1864–1953), U.S. Representative from Maine (1913–1922) and U.S. District Court judge (1922–1947) John E. Peters (1839–1919), businessman and politician in Newfoundland John M. Peters (1927–2013), American lawyer and legislator
While serving in the U.S. Congress, Peters was Chairman of the Committee on the Congressional Library (the Library of Congress), and a member of the Judiciary Committee. [2] Peters' first wife, Mary Ann Hathaway, was the daughter of his law partner, Joshua W. Hathaway, who became judge of the Bangor District Court in 1849.
The Democrat has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives since 2013. Incumbent Scott Peters (D) is running for re-election in District 50 (Courtesy photo)
Michigan's congressional districts since January 3, 2023. These are tables of congressional delegations from Michigan to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. The current dean of the Michigan congressional delegation is Senator Gary Peters (D), having served in Congress since 2009.
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 3, 2025, the 119th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
U.S. House portrait of Peters, 2009. On August 7, 2007, Peters ended months of speculation by formally announcing he would run against eight-term Republican congressman Joe Knollenberg in the 9th district, which included almost all of Oakland County. Peters resigned as state lottery commissioner to devote his full energy to the campaign.