Peter Adams Garland (June 16, 1923 – January 26, 2005) was an American businessman and military veteran who served as a one-term

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from

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, serving from 1961 to 1963.

Early life

Garland was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Saco public schools and the Hotchkiss School in

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. He graduated from

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, in 1945.

Career

Garland was an officer and director of Garland Manufacturing Co. in

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, and Snocraft Co. in

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Military service

He served as an enlisted man in the United States Air Corps from 1943 to 1946.

Business career

director of the New England Council and Associated Industries of Maine from 1955 to 1957. Garland also served as a member of the Saco Superintending School Committee from 1952 to 1954. He served as mayor of Saco from 1956 to 1959, and was a New England field adviser for the Small Business Administration from 1958 to 1960.

Congress

Garland was elected as a

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to the Eighty-seventh Congress (January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the Eighty-eighth Congress in 1962, and an unsuccessful candidate to the Ninetieth Congress in 1966.

After Congress

Garland was a municipal town manager for

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from 1967 to 1969, a marketing director for an engineering firm from 1970 to 1972, and a city manager for

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from 1972 to 1973. Additional public service included his being a community manager for Ocean Pines,

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from 1973 to 1974, a town manager for

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from 1974 to 1981, and a city manager for

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from 1981 to 1989.

Death and burial

Garland died on January 26, 2005, in

. He is interred at Oak Grove Cemetery in Bath, Maine.

References

External links

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boston.com: Peter A. Garland, public servant was ex-congressman; 81

{{DEFAULTSORT:Garland, Peter Adams 1923 births 2005 deaths Bowdoin College alumni Politicians from Boston Politicians from Gorham, Maine People from Searsport, Maine People from Bath, Maine United States Army soldiers Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maine American city managers 20th-century American legislators People from Saco, Maine