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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—WisconsinThomas Evert PETRI
(1940- )
PETRI, Thomas Evert, a
Representative from Wisconsin; born in Marinette, Marinette County,
Wis., May 28, 1940; graduated from Lowell P. Goodrich High School,
Fond du Lac, Wis., 1958; A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge,
Mass., 1962; J.D., Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass., 1965;
clerk to United States Judge James Doyle of the Western District of
Wisconsin, 1965; lawyer, private practice; Peace Corps volunteer,
1966-1967; White House aide, 1969-1970; member of the Wisconsin
state senate, 1973-1979; delegate to the Republican state
conventions, 1973 to present; unsuccessful candidate for election
to the United States Senate in 1974; elected as a Republican to the
Ninety-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy due to the death of
United States Representative William A. Steiger, and reelected to
the sixteen succeeding Congresses (April 3, 1979-present).
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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