Thomas E. Petri

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, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative William A. Steiger, and reelected to the seventeen succeeding Congresses (April 3, 1979-January 3, 2015). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in 2014.