Peter Hoagland

Peter D. Hoagland (b. 1941) is a Nebraska Democratic politician.

He was born in Omaha, Nebraska on November 17, 1941. He graduated from Omaha Central High School and then Stanford University in 1963. He was a first lieutenant in the United States Army from 1963 to 1965 during the Vietnam War. He graduated from Yale University Law School in 1968 and was admitted to the bar the same year. He set up practice in Washington D.C. as a clerk to Judge Oliver Gasch of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 1969 to 1970. He was a staff attorney in the District of Columbia public defender service from 1970 to 1973.

He was elected to the Nebraska Unicameral in 1978 and served until 1986 when ran as a Democrat successfully for the One Hundred First United States Congress. He ran three more times, being reelected twice and being defeated in 1994. Throughout his terms in congress he was a strong advocate for the environment. In 1990, The League of Conservation Voters released a National Environmental Scorecard ranking members of Congress on their environmental voting records. Peter Hoagland scored a perfect 100%. He is a member of the Episcopalian church, a member of the American Bar Association, and a member of Common Cause. He now lives in Bethesda, MD

References

• The Political Graveyard. Hoagland, Peter D.. Retrieved on February 12, 2006.
• The Washington Post. Hoagland, Peter. Retrieved on August 28, 2007.
• Peter Hoagland at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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