John Andrew Peters

Personal

Birthday: 
8/13/1864
Birthplace: 
Ellsworth, ME
Date of Death: 
8/22/1953
Place of Death: 
Ellsworth, ME
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Ellsworth, Maine, 1887-1913
Judge, Ellsworth [Maine] Municipal Court, 1896-1908
State representative, Maine, 1909, 1911, 1913; speaker, 1913
U.S. representative from Maine, 1913-1922

Education

Name of School: 
Bowdoin College
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1885
Name of School - Second: 
Read law
Degree Year - Second: 
1887
Name of School - Third: 
Bowdoin College
Degree - Third: 
A.M.
Degree Year - Third: 
1888

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, District of Maine
Court Name: 

Maine District Court

President Nominating: 
Warren G. Harding
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
11/14/1921
Retirement from Active Service: 
1/2/1947
Termination Date: 
8/1/1953
Termination Reason: 
Retirement