M. Blaine Peterson

M. Blaine Peterson

Picture taken in 1971 in Nuremberg, Germany, while M. Blaine Peterson was serving as a Mission President for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Utah's 1st district
In office
January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963
Preceded by Henry A. Dixon
Succeeded by Laurence J. Burton
Member of the Utah State Legislature
In office
1955-1957
Personal details
Born (1906-03-26)March 26, 1906
Ogden, Utah
Died July 15, 1985(1985-07-15) (aged 79)
Ogden, Utah
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Mary Lucile Parry
Children 4
Alma mater Georgetown University University of Utah
Occupation Lawyer
Religion The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)

Morris Blaine Peterson (March 26, 1906 – July 15, 1985) was a U.S. Representative from Utah.

Born in Ogden, Utah, Peterson attended the public schools and Weber College. He graduated from the University of Utah in 1931 and from Georgetown Law School in 1938. He was a law clerk to Justice Eugene E. Pratt of the Utah State Supreme Court, and served as Weber County attorney. He engaged in the private practice of law in 1941 and served in the Utah State legislature 1955-1957. Peterson married M. Lucile Parry on May 18, 1932, and they had four children.[1]

Peterson was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh Congress (January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963) in an extremely close election against A. Walter Stevenson. Peterson won by just 68 votes.[2] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress. He served as chairman of the Weber County, Utah, Taxpayers Association. He served as special consultant to director of Food for Peace Program, 1963. Peterson served as president of the Southern Germany Mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1970 to 1973. He was a resident of Ogden until his death there July 15, 1985. He was interred in Ogden City Cemetery.

References

  1. ↑ Lucille Peterson's obituary in the Deseret News
  2. ↑ Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960, Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Henry A. Dixon		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Utah's 1st congressional district
1961–1963 		Succeeded by
Laurence J. Burton
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