John Andrew Peters (1864-1953), nephew of John Andrew Peters (1822-1904), a U.S. Representative, was born in Ellsworth on August 13, 1864. He attended the common schools, was graduated from Bowdoin College in 1885.
He studied law; was admitted to the bar, began his practice in Ellsworth in 1887, and became judge of the municipal court of Ellsworth (1896-1908). Peters was a member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1909, 1911, and 1913, serving as speaker in 1913.
Elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Forrest Goodwin, he was reelected to the Sixty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from September 8, 1913, until his resignation January 2, 1922, to become judge of the United States District Court for Maine, in which capacity he served until his resignation in 1947.
A delegate at large to the Republican National Convention in 1916, he was also vice president of the board of trustees of Bowdoin College. Peters died in Ellsworth August 22, 1953, with interment in Woodbine Cemetery.
Additional resources
John Andrew Peters (1864-1953) Congressional Biography: https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=P000253
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