Peter T. Snowe
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Peter Trafton Snowe (January 16, 1943 – April 10, 1973) was an American businessman and politician.


Early life and education

Born in
Lewiston, Maine Lewiston (; ; officially the City of Lewiston, Maine) is List of cities in Maine, the second largest city in Maine and the most central city in Androscoggin County, Maine, Androscoggin County. The city lies halfway between Augusta, Maine, August ...
, Snowe graduated from Edward Little High School, Auburn, Maine, in 1962. He attended the Bentley College of Accounting and the
University of Maine The University of Maine (UMaine or UMO) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Orono, Maine. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine and is the Flagship universities, flagshi ...
.


Career

He served in the Maine National Guard and
Maine Air National Guard The Maine Air National Guard (ME ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of Maine, United States of America. It is, along with the Maine Army National Guard, an element of the Maine National Guard. As state militia units, the units in the Maine ...
. He was president and treasurer of the Superior Concrete Company, Inc. of Auburn, Maine. On December 29, 1969, Snowe married Olympia Bouchles in New York City. Snowe served in the
Maine House of Representatives The Maine House of Representatives is the lower house of the Maine Legislature. The House consists of 151 voting members and three nonvoting members. The voting members represent an equal number of districts across the state and are elected via p ...
, from Auburn, Maine, from 1967 until his death in 1973 and was a Republican.


Personal life

Snowe was killed in an automobile crash on the Maine Turnpike at
West Gardiner, Maine West Gardiner is a town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,671 at the 2020 census. West Gardiner is included in the Augusta, Maine micropolitan New England City and Town Area. Geography According to the United State ...
.Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library-Maine Legislators-Peter Snowe
/ref>


References

1943 births 1973 deaths Politicians from Auburn, Maine Politicians from Lewiston, Maine Military personnel from Maine Bentley University alumni University of Maine alumni Businesspeople from Maine Republican Party members of the Maine House of Representatives Road incident deaths in Maine 20th-century American politicians Edward Little High School alumni 20th-century American businesspeople {{Maine-politician-stub