The Peters of Maine
- John A. Peters (1822–1904), Maine State Senator 1862-1863, Maine State Representative 1864, Attorney General of Maine 1864-1866, U.S. Representative from Maine 1867-1873, Judge of the Maine Supreme Court 1873-1883. Uncle of John A. Peters.
- John A. Peters (1864–1953), Judge of Ellsworth, Maine Municipal Court 1896-1908; Maine State Representative 1909 1911 1913; U.S. Representative from Maine 1913-1922; Judge of U.S. District Court of Maine 1922-1947; delegate to the Republican National Convention 1916. Nephew of John A. Peters.
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Famous quotes containing the words peters and/or maine:
“The Reverend Samuel Peters ... exaggerated the Blue Laws, but they did include “Capital Lawes” providing a death penalty for any child over sixteen who was found guilty of cursing or striking his natural parents; a death penalty for an incorrigible son; a law forbidding smoking except in a room in a private house; another law declaring smoking illegal except on a journey five miles away from home,...”
—Administration for the State of Con, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“These were such houses as the lumberers of Maine spend the winter in, in the wilderness ... the camps and the hovels for the cattle, hardly distinguishable, except that the latter had no chimney.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)