George Peter (November 28, 1829 – Augustus 9, 1893) was a Democrat American politician in the state of

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

. George Peter was born in Montgomery County, Maryland, to politician George Peter and Sarah Norfleet Freeland. He followed in his father's footsteps and became a delegate to the

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in 1864. In 1878 he became a member of the

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, which he remained until 1888. In 1888 he also became

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. He died in 1893, location unknown, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington D.C. He was the father of Arthur Peter, who also became a Maryland politician.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Peter, George 1829 births 1893 deaths Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates Presidents of the Maryland Senate Democratic Party Maryland state senators Burials at Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) 19th-century American politicians