John Samuel Peters

John Samuel Peters (September 21, 1772 - March 30, 1858) was an American politician and the eleventh Governor of Connecticut.

Peters was born in Hebron, Connecticut on September 21, 1772. He studied medicine and practiced in Heborn. In 1810 he was elected to in the Connecticut House of Representatives and was re-elected in 1816 and 1817. He served in the Connecticut State Senate from 1818 to 1823. He became lieutenant Governor of Connecticut in 1827. He became the Governor of Connecticut in March 1831, when Governor Tomlinson resigned from office.

He was nominated and elected the Governor of Connecticut later in March 1831, and was re-elected to a second term in 1832. During his term, Connecticut's first railroads were authorized and private enterprise was promoted. He left office in 1833, after an unsuccessful re-election bid. He died on March 30, 1858.

Sources

* Sobel, Robert and John Raimo. "Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978". Greenwood Press, 1988. ISBN 0-313-28093-2