Peter Hoagland
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNebraska's2nd district
In office January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1995
Preceded by	Hal Daub
Succeeded by	Jon Christensen
Member of theNebraska Legislature from the 6th district
In office 1979–1987
Preceded by	Harold T. Moylan
Succeeded by	Brad Ashford
Personal details
Born	Peter Jackson Hoagland (1941-11-17)November 17, 1941 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Died	October 30, 2007(2007-10-30) (aged 65) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Barbara Erickson Hoagland
Alma mater	Stanford University Yale Law School

Peter Jackson Hoagland^[1] (November 17, 1941 – October 30, 2007) was an American politician from the U.S. state ofNebraska. A member of theDemocratic Party, Hoagland represented Nebraska's2nd congressional district in theU.S. House of Representatives from 1989 to 1995.

Hoagland was born inOmaha, Nebraska, and graduated fromOmaha Central High School and thenStanford University in 1963. He was a first lieutenant in theUnited States Army from 1963 to 1965 during theVietnam War. He graduated fromYale Law School in 1968 and was admitted to the bar the same year. He set up practice inWashington, D.C., as a clerk to JudgeOliver Gasch of theUnited States District Court for the District of Columbia from 1969 to 1970.

He was a staff attorney at theDistrict of Columbia public defender service from 1970 to 1973.

External videos
Booknotes interview with Robert Cwiklik onHouse Rules, February 2, 1992,C-SPAN

Hoagland was elected to theNebraska Legislature in 1978 and served until 1986 when he declined to seek re-election.

In1988, whenHal Daub decided to run for theU.S. Senate, Hoagland ran for the open seat and was elected to serve in the101st Congress. Hoagland's freshman term in the House was the subject of the bookHouse Rules: A Freshman Congressman's Initiation to the Backslapping, Backpedaling, and Backstabbing Ways of Washington by journalist Robert Cwiklik.^[2] He was re-elected in 1990 and 1992. In1994, he was defeated for re-election byJon Christensen; his defeat was attributed to theRepublican Revolution. No other Democrat would be elected to represent Nebraska in the U.S. House untilBrad Ashford was elected in 2014.

Throughout his terms in Congress, Hoagland was a strong advocate for the environment. In 1990, The League of Conservation Voters released a National Environmental Scorecard ranking members of Congress on their environmental voting records. Peter Hoagland scored a perfect 100%.^[3]

He was a member of theEpiscopal church and theAmerican Bar Association. In 1977, he was elected to theCommon Cause National Governing Board.

After leaving Congress in 1995, Hoagland lived inWashington, D.C., where he worked for a law firm.

Hoagland suffered fromParkinson's disease for the last five years of his life. He died in Washington, D.C., on October 30, 2007, at age 65.^[4]

• United States Congress."Peter Hoagland (id: H000652)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-07-20
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