Peter A. Garland | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMaine's1st district | |
| In office January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |
| Preceded by | James C. Oliver |
| Succeeded by | Stanley R. Tupper |
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| Born | Peter Adams Garland (1923-06-16)June 16, 1923 |
| Died | January 26, 2005(2005-01-26) (aged 81) Brunswick, Maine, US |
| Resting place | Oak Grove Cemetery in Bath, Maine |
| 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-termU.S. representative fromMaine, serving from 1961 to 1963.
Garland was born inBoston, Massachusetts. He attended Saco public schools and the Hotchkiss School inLakeville, Connecticut.He graduated fromBowdoin College,Brunswick, Maine, in 1945.
Garland was an officer and director of Garland Manufacturing Co. inSaco, Maine, and Snocraft Co. inNorway, Maine.
He served as an enlisted man in the United States Air Corps from 1943 to 1946.
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.
Garland was elected as aRepublican 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.
Garland was a municipal town manager forGorham, Maine from 1967 to 1969, a marketing director for an engineering firm from 1970 to 1972, and a city manager forClaremont, 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 forSearsport, Maine from 1974 to 1981,[2] and a city manager forBath, Maine from 1981 to 1989.
Garland died on January 26, 2005, inBrunswick, Maine.[3] He is interred atOak Grove Cemetery in Bath, Maine.
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