Peter Snowe Explained

Peter Snowe
Office:Member of the
Maine House of Representatives
from Auburn
Term Start:January 1967
Term End:April 10, 1973
Successor:Olympia Snowe
Birthname:Peter Trafton Snowe
Birth Date:16 January 1943
Birth Place:Lewiston, Maine, U.S.
Party:Republican
Education:University of Maine (BA)

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

Early life and education

Born in Lewiston, Maine, Snowe graduated from Edward Little High School, Auburn, Maine, in 1962. He attended the Bentley College of Accounting and the University of Maine.

Career

He served in the Maine National Guard and Maine Air National Guard. 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, 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.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. 'Peter Snowe Killed in Turnpike Crash,' Lewiston Daily Sun, April 10, 1973, pg. 1, 2
  2. http://legislature.maine.gov/lawlibrary/legis-biog-testpage/9428 Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library-Maine Legislators-Peter Snowe