Peter H. Dominick

Peter Hoyt Dominick was a United States Representative and a Senator from Colorado;

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He was born in Stamford, Connecticut on July 7, 1915; graduated from St. Mark?s School, Southborough, Massachusetts and in 1933, Yale University in 1937, and Yale Law School in 1940; during the Second World War Dominick entered the Army Air Corps in 1942 as an aviation cadet and served until 1945 when he was discharged as a captain. He engaged in law practice in New York City in 1940-1942 and early 1946, and in Denver, Colorado, 1946-1961; he became a member of the Colorado State house of representatives and served from 1957-1961; member of the [[National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization 1960-1961; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh Congress (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1963); was not a candidate for reelection in 1962; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1962; reelected in 1968 and served from January 3, 1963, to January 2, 1975; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1974; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Switzerland 1975; he resided in Cherry Hills, Colorado, until his death in Hobe Sound, Florida, March 18, 1981; interment in Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.

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Stamford, Connecticut - July 7 - 1915 - St. Mark?s School - Southborough, Massachusetts - 1933 - Yale University - 1937 - 1940 - Second World War - Army Air Corps - 1942 - 1945 - New York City - 1946 - Denver, Colorado - 1961 - Colorado State house of representatives - 1957

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