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
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)	Lucille Parry
Children	4
Alma mater	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 Lucille 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

External links

• M. Blaine Peterson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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Members of the United States House of Representatives from Utah Territorial (1851–1895) Seat Bernhisel Hooper Bernhisel Kinney Hooper G. Cannon Campbell† Caine Rawlins F. Cannon One At-large seat (1895–1913) Seat Allen W. King Roberts† W. King Sutherland Howell Two At-large seats (1913–1915) Seat Howell Seat Johnson Districts (1915–present) (3rd district established in 1983) (4th district established in 2013) 1st district Howell Welling Colton Murdock Granger Stringfellow Dixon Peterson Burton McKay Hansen Bishop 2nd district Mays Leatherwood Loofbourow Robinson Dawson Bosone Dawson D. King Lloyd D. King Lloyd Owens Howe Marriott Monson Owens Shepherd Greene Waldholtz Cook Matheson Stewart 3rd district Nielson Orton C. Cannon Chaffetz 4th district Matheson Love Notes † Never officially seated.