Peter Adams Garland (June 16, 1923 - January 26, 2005) was a U.S. Representative from Maine. Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The State of Maine ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Garland attended Saco public schools, Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Connecticut. Lakeville Connecticut is a village in Salisbury in Litchfield County Connecticut, on Lake Wononskopomuc. He graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1945. Brunswick is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. Officer and director of Garland Manufacturing Co. , Saco, Maine, and Snocraft Co. Saco is a city in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 16822 at the 2000 census , Norway, Maine. Norway is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 4611 at the 2000 census He served as an enlisted man in the United States Air Corps from 1943 to 1946. He served as director of New England Council and Associated Industries of Maine from 1955 to 1957. He served as member of Saco Superintending School Committee from 1952 to 1954. He served as mayor of Saco from 1956 to 1959. New England field adviser, Small Business Administration from 1958 to 1960.

Garland was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh Congress (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1963). Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the Eighty-eighth Congress in 1962. He was an unsuccessful candidate to the Ninetieth Congress in 1966. Municipal town manager, Gorham, Maine from 1967 to 1969. Gorham is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 14141 at the 2000 census Marketing director for an engineering firm from 1970 to 1972. City manager, Claremont, New Hampshire from 1972 to 1973. Claremont is a city in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. Community manager, Ocean Pines, Ocean City, Maryland from 1973 to 1974. Ocean City, sometimes known as OC, is an Atlantic Ocean Resort town in Worcester County, Maryland Town manager, Searsport, Maine from 1974 to 1981. Searsport is a town in Waldo County, Maine, United States. The population was 2641 at the 2000 census. City manager, Bath, Maine from 1981 to 1989. Bath is a city in Sagadahoc County, Maine, in the United States. He died on January 26, 2005, in Brunswick, Maine. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brunswick is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States.

References

• Peter A. Garland at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress