Peter H. Dominick

Peter Dominick


United States Ambassador to Switzerland
In office April 25, 1975 – July 10, 1975
President	Gerald Ford
Preceded by	Shelby Cullom Davis
Succeeded by	Nathaniel Davis
United States Senator from Colorado
In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1975
Preceded by	John A. Carroll
Succeeded by	Gary Hart
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's 2nd district
In office January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963
Preceded by	Byron L. Johnson
Succeeded by	Donald G. Brotzman

Personal details
Born	Peter Hoyt Dominick (1915-07-07)July 7, 1915 Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	March 18, 1981(1981-03-18) (aged 65) Hobe Sound, Florida, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Education	Yale University (BA, LLB)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1942–1945
Rank	Captain
Unit	United States Army Air Corps
Battles/wars	World War II

Peter Hoyt Dominick (July 7, 1915 – March 18, 1981) was a politician and lawyer from Colorado. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the United States Senate from 1963 to 1975. His uncle, Howard Alexander Smith, was a U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1944 to 1959.

Life and career

Born in Stamford, Connecticut, Dominick graduated from St. Mark's School in 1933, from Yale University in 1937 as a member of Scroll and Key, and Yale Law School in 1940. He practiced law in New York City from 1940 until 1942, when he entered the United States Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet at the outset of American fighting in World War II. He served until his separation from military service in 1945, as a captain. He briefly recommenced his legal practice in New York City in 1946, before moving that same year to Denver, Colorado, where he continued to practice.

Dominick entered politics when he was elected as a Republican to the Colorado House of Representatives, where he served from 1957 to 1961. In 1960, he made a successful run for the United States House of Representatives, defeating incumbent freshman Democrat Byron L. Johnson, and he abandoned his law career in 1961. After a single term in the House of Representatives, Dominick was elected to the United States Senate, defeating one-term incumbent Democrat John A. Carroll, 53.6% to 45.6%. He was reelected in 1968 over Stephen L. R. McNichols, a former Governor of Colorado, 58.6% to 41.5%.

Senator Dominick served as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee in the 92nd Congress from 1971 to 1973. In a good election year for Democrats, Dominick was defeated for a third term in 1974 by Gary Hart, 57.2% to 39.5%. After leaving the Senate at the end of his term in 1975, he was appointed Ambassador to Switzerland by President Gerald Ford, but served only briefly. He resided in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado until his death at Hobe Sound, Florida, on March 18, 1981. Senator Dominick's body was interred in Fairmount Cemetery, Denver.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Byron L. Johnson	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's 2nd congressional district 1961–1963	Succeeded by Donald G. Brotzman
Party political offices
Preceded by Daniel I.J. Thornton	Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Colorado (Class 3) 1962, 1968, 1974	Succeeded by Mary E. Buchanan
Preceded by Everett Dirksen Gerald Ford	Response to the State of the Union address 1968 Served alongside: Howard Baker, George H. W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Robert Griffin, Mel Laird, Bob Mathias, George Murphy, Chuck Percy, Dick Poff, Al Quie, Charlotte Reid, Hugh Scott, Bill Steiger, John Tower	Vacant Title next held by Donald Fraser, Scoop Jackson, Mike Mansfield, John McCormack, Patsy Mink, Ed Muskie, Bill Proxmire
Preceded by John Tower	Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee 1971–1973	Succeeded by Bill Brock
U.S. Senate
Preceded by John A. Carroll	U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Colorado 1963–1975 Served alongside: Gordon L. Allott, Floyd K. Haskell	Succeeded by Gary Hart
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Shelby Cullom Davis	United States Ambassador to Switzerland 1975	Succeeded by Nathaniel Davis

United States Senators from Colorado
Class 2	Teller Chilcott Tabor Bowen Wolcott Patterson Guggenheim Shafroth Phipps Costigan Johnson Allott Haskell Armstrong Brown Allard Udall Gardner
Class 3	Chaffee Hill Teller Hughes Thomas Nicholson Adams Means Waterman Walker Schuyler Adams Millikin Carroll Dominick Hart Wirth Campbell Salazar Bennet

Chairs of the National Republican Senatorial Committee
Bridges Brewster Dirksen Goldwater Dirksen Schoeppel Goldwater Morton Murphy Tower Dominick Brock Stevens Packwood Heinz Packwood Lugar Heinz Boschwitz Nickles Gramm D'Amato McConnell Frist Allen Dole Ensign Cornyn Moran Wicker Gardner

Members of the United States House of Representatives from Colorado
1st district	Pence Shafroth Bonynge Rucker Kindel Hilliard Vaile White Eaton Lewis Gillespie Carroll Rogers McKevitt Schroeder DeGette
2nd district	Bell Hogg Haggott Martin Seldomridge Timberlake Cummings Hill Dominick Brotzman McVicker Brotzman Wirth Skaggs Udall Polis
3rd district	Keating Hardy Martin Burney Chenoweth Marsalis Chenoweth Evans Kogovsek Strang Campbell McInnis Salazar Tipton
4th district	Taylor Rockwell Aspinall Johnson Brown Allard Schaffer Musgrave Markey Gardner Buck
5th district	Armstrong Kramer Hefley Lamborn
6th district	Schaefer Tancredo Coffman
7th district	Beauprez Perlmutter
At-large	Belford Patterson Belford Symes Townsend Brooks Cook Taylor Keating
Territory	Bennet Bradford Chilcott Bradford Chaffee Patterson

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