J. Hardin Peterson | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromFlorida's1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1951 | |
| Preceded by | Herbert J. Drane |
| Succeeded by | Chester B. McMullen |
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| Born | James Hardin Peterson February 11, 1894 |
| Died | March 28, 1978 (aged 84) |
| Political party | Democratic |
James Hardin Peterson (February 11, 1894 – March 28, 1978) was aU.S. Representative fromFlorida.[1]
Peterson was born inBatesburg, South Carolina. His family moved toLakeland, Florida, in 1903, and he attended thepublic schools there. Peterson graduated from theUniversity of Florida College of Law in 1914. He wasadmitted to the bar and was alaw clerk in theUnited States General Land Office the same year. He enteredprivate practice in Lakeland in 1915.[1]
Peterson wascity attorney ofLakeland, Florida, in 1916, 1917, and 1919–1932, ofFrostproof, Florida from 1918 to 1929, ofLake Wales, Florida from 1920 to 1930, and ofEagle Lake, Florida from 1923 to 1933. Peterson served as a chiefyeoman in theUnited States Navy from 1917 to 1919, duringWorld War I. Peterson served asprosecuting attorney and county solicitor ofPolk County, Florida from 1921 to 1932. He served asspecial counsel for thestate Department of Agriculture from 1930 to 1932.[1] In the early 1930s, he also taughtSunday school at First Methodist Church in Lakeland, Florida[2]
Peterson was elected as aDemocrat to theUnited States House of Representatives fromFlorida's 1st congressional district in the1932 election, defeatingHerbert J. Drane, who had served in theUnited States Congress since 1917. He served in the73rd Congress and the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1933 to January 3, 1951). Peterson served as chairman of theCommittee on Public Lands during the78th,79th, and81st Congresses).[1]
Peterson was not a candidate for renomination in1950 to the82nd Congress.[1]
After leavingCongress, he resumed the practice of law in Lakeland. He served as special counsel for theTerritorial Government of Guam, chairman of Commission on Federal Application of Laws to Guam, and chairman and vice chairman of the board of directors of the First State Bank of Lakeland.[1]
Peterson died in Lakeland in 1978, and was interred in Roselawn Cemetery.[1]
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