Peter A. Garland
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 1st district | |
| In office January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |
| Preceded by | James C. Oliver |
| Succeeded by | Stanley R. Tupper |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Peter Adams Garland June 16, 1923 Boston, Massachusetts, US |
| Died | January 26, 2005 (aged 81) Brunswick, Maine, US |
| Resting place | Oak Grove Cemetery in Bath, Maine |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Bowdoin College |
Peter Adams Garland (June 16, 1923 – January 26, 2005) was an American businessman and military veteran who served as a one-term U.S. Representative from Maine, serving from 1961 to 1963.
Early life[edit]
Garland was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Saco public schools and the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut. He graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1945.
Career[edit]
Garland was an officer and director of Garland Manufacturing Co. in Saco, Maine, and Snocraft Co. in Norway, Maine.
Military service[edit]
He served as an enlisted man in the United States Air Corps from 1943 to 1946.
Business career[edit]
director of the New England Council and Associated Industries of Maine from 1955 to 1957. Garland also served as a member of the Saco Superintending School Committee from 1952 to 1954.
He served as mayor of Saco from 1956 to 1959, and was a New England field adviser for the Small Business Administration from 1958 to 1960.
Congress[edit]
Garland was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh Congress (January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963).[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the Eighty-eighth Congress in 1962, and an unsuccessful candidate to the Ninetieth Congress in 1966.
After Congress[edit]
Garland was a municipal town manager for Gorham, Maine from 1967 to 1969, a marketing director for an engineering firm from 1970 to 1972, and a city manager for Claremont, New Hampshire from 1972 to 1973. Additional public service included his being a community manager for Ocean Pines, Ocean City, Maryland from 1973 to 1974, a town manager for Searsport, Maine from 1974 to 1981,[2] and a city manager for Bath, Maine from 1981 to 1989.
Death and burial[edit]
Garland died on January 26, 2005, in Brunswick, Maine.[3] He is interred at Oak Grove Cemetery in Bath, Maine.
References[edit]
- ^ "Rep. Peter Garland". govtrack.us. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
- ^ "GARLAND, Peter Adams, (1923 - 2005)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
- ^ "Peter A. Garland, public servant was ex-congressman; 81". boston.com. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
External links[edit]
- United States Congress. "Peter A. Garland (id: G000069)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Peter A. Garland at Find a Grave
- boston.com: Peter A. Garland, public servant was ex-congressman; 81
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- Politicians from Boston
- Politicians from Gorham, Maine
- People from Searsport, Maine
- People from Bath, Maine
- United States Army soldiers
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maine
- American city managers
- 20th-century American legislators
- People from Saco, Maine