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Born in [[Stamford, Connecticut]] on July 7, 1915, Dominick graduated from [[St. Mark's School (Massachusetts)|St. Mark's School]] in 1933, from [[Yale University]] in 1937 as a member of [[Scroll and Key]], and [[Yale Law School]] in 1940. He practiced law in [[New York City]] with the law firm Carter, Ledyard and Milburn from 1940 until 1942.<ref>{{cite news |title=Statesman Peter H. Dominick dead at 65 |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/03/19/Statesman-Peter-H-Dominick-dead-at-65/3900353826000/ |access-date=9 April 2021 |agency=UPI |publisher=UPI |date=19 March 1981}}</ref> Dominick then joined the [[United States Army Air Corps]] as an [[Flight Cadet|aviation cadet]] at the outset of American fighting in [[World War II]]. He served until his separation from military service in 1945, as a [[Captain (United States)|captain]]. He briefly recommenced his legal practice in New York City in 1946, before moving that same year to [[Denver, Colorado]], where he continued to practice law, eventually becoming a founding partner of the law firm Holland & Hart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=J.Y. |title=Peter H. Dominick Dies, Served 2 Terms in Senate |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1981/03/20/peter-h-dominick-dies-served-2-terms-in-senate/f9d8525f-d30d-4110-8ac0-cca04eea950e/ |access-date=9 April 2021 |agency=The Washington Post |work=The Washington Post |date=20 March 1981}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Statesman Peter H. Dominick dead at 65 |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/03/19/Statesman-Peter-H-Dominick-dead-at-65/3900353826000/ |access-date=9 April 2021 |agency=UPI |publisher=UPI |date=19 March 1981}}</ref> |
Born in [[Stamford, Connecticut]] on July 7, 1915, Dominick graduated from [[St. Mark's School (Massachusetts)|St. Mark's School]] in 1933, from [[Yale University]] in 1937 as a member of [[Scroll and Key]], and [[Yale Law School]] in 1940. He practiced law in [[New York City]] with the law firm Carter, Ledyard and Milburn from 1940 until 1942.<ref>{{cite news |title=Statesman Peter H. Dominick dead at 65 |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/03/19/Statesman-Peter-H-Dominick-dead-at-65/3900353826000/ |access-date=9 April 2021 |agency=UPI |publisher=UPI |date=19 March 1981}}</ref> Dominick then joined the [[United States Army Air Corps]] as an [[Flight Cadet|aviation cadet]] at the outset of American fighting in [[World War II]]. He served until his separation from military service in 1945, as a [[Captain (United States)|captain]]. He briefly recommenced his legal practice in New York City in 1946, before moving that same year to [[Denver, Colorado]], where he continued to practice law, eventually becoming a founding partner of the law firm Holland & Hart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=J.Y. |title=Peter H. Dominick Dies, Served 2 Terms in Senate |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1981/03/20/peter-h-dominick-dies-served-2-terms-in-senate/f9d8525f-d30d-4110-8ac0-cca04eea950e/ |access-date=9 April 2021 |agency=The Washington Post |work=The Washington Post |date=20 March 1981}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Statesman Peter H. Dominick dead at 65 |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/03/19/Statesman-Peter-H-Dominick-dead-at-65/3900353826000/ |access-date=9 April 2021 |agency=UPI |publisher=UPI |date=19 March 1981}}</ref> |
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Dominick entered politics when he was elected as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] to the [[Colorado House of Representatives]], where he served from 1957 to 1961. In 1960, he made a successful run for the [[United States House of Representatives]], defeating incumbent freshman [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Byron L. Johnson]], and he abandoned his law career in 1961. After a single term in the House of Representatives, Dominick was elected to the [[United States Senate]], defeating one-term incumbent Democrat [[John A. Carroll]], 53.6% to 45.6%. He was reelected in 1968 over [[Stephen L.R. McNichols|Stephen L. R. McNichols]], a former [[List of Governors of Colorado|Governor of Colorado]], 58.6% to 41.5%. Dominick voted in favor of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964|Civil Rights Acts of 1964]] and [[Civil Rights Act of 1968|1968]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1968/s346|title=TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN SALE OR RENTAL OF HOUSING, AND TO PROHIBIT RACIALLY MOTIVATED INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON EXERCISING HIS CIVIL RIGHTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/s409|title=HR. 7152. PASSAGE.}}</ref> as well as the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]] and the confirmation of [[Thurgood Marshall]] to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/s78|title=TO PASS S. 1564, THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/s176|title=CONFIRMATION OF NOMINATION OF THURGOOD MARSHALL, THE FIRST NEGRO APPOINTED TO THE SUPREME COURT.|work=GovTrack.us}}</ref> Dominick was also a supporter of major environmental litigation, supporting the enactment of the [[Wilderness Act]] in 1964, the [[National Environmental Policy Act]] in 1969, the [[Clean Air Act]] of 1970, the [[Clean Water Act]] of 1972, and the [[Endangered Species Act]] of 1973.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lacey |first1=Hank |title=Colorado's Republican Civil Rights Icon |url=https://lawweekcolorado.com/ |access-date=9 April 2021 |agency=Law Week Colorado |issue=13 |publisher=Circuit Media |date=29 March 2021 |volume=19 |page=19 |format=print}}</ref> |
Dominick entered politics when he was elected as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] to the [[Colorado House of Representatives]], where he served from 1957 to 1961. In 1960, he made a successful run for the [[United States House of Representatives]], defeating incumbent freshman [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Byron L. Johnson]], and he abandoned his law career in 1961. After a single term in the House of Representatives, Dominick was elected to the [[United States Senate]], defeating one-term incumbent Democrat [[John A. Carroll]], 53.6% to 45.6%. He was reelected in 1968 over [[Stephen L.R. McNichols|Stephen L. R. McNichols]], a former [[List of Governors of Colorado|Governor of Colorado]], 58.6% to 41.5%. Dominick voted in favor of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964|Civil Rights Acts of 1964]] and [[Civil Rights Act of 1968|1968]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1968/s346|title=TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN SALE OR RENTAL OF HOUSING, AND TO PROHIBIT RACIALLY MOTIVATED INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON EXERCISING HIS CIVIL RIGHTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/s409|title=HR. 7152. PASSAGE.}}</ref> as well as the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]] and the confirmation of [[Thurgood Marshall]] to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/s78|title=TO PASS S. 1564, THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/s176|title=CONFIRMATION OF NOMINATION OF THURGOOD MARSHALL, THE FIRST NEGRO APPOINTED TO THE SUPREME COURT.|work=GovTrack.us}}</ref> Dominick was also a supporter of major environmental litigation, supporting the enactment of the [[Wilderness Act]] in 1964, the [[National Environmental Policy Act]] in 1969, the [[Clean Air Act (United States)|Clean Air Act]] of 1970, the [[Clean Water Act]] of 1972, and the [[Endangered Species Act]] of 1973.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lacey |first1=Hank |title=Colorado's Republican Civil Rights Icon |url=https://lawweekcolorado.com/ |access-date=9 April 2021 |agency=Law Week Colorado |issue=13 |publisher=Circuit Media |date=29 March 2021 |volume=19 |page=19 |format=print}}</ref> |
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Senator Dominick served as chairman of the [[National Republican Senatorial Committee]] in the [[92nd United States Congress|92nd Congress]] from 1971 to 1973. In a good election year for Democrats, Dominick was defeated for a third term in 1974 by [[Gary Hart]], 57.2% to 39.5%. By then Dominick was suffering from [[multiple sclerosis]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Treaster |first1=Joseph |title=PETER H. DOMINICK IS DEAD AT 65; 2-TERM SENATOR FROM COLORADO |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/20/obituaries/peter-h-dominick-is-dead-at-65-2-term-senator-from-coloado.html |access-date=9 April 2021 |agency=The New York Times |publisher=The New York Times Co. |date=20 March 1981}}</ref> After leaving the Senate at the end of his term in 1975, he was appointed [[United States Ambassador to Switzerland|Ambassador to Switzerland]] by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Gerald Ford]], but served only briefly. He resided in [[Cherry Hills Village, Colorado]] until his death at [[Hobe Sound, Florida]], on March 18, 1981. Senator Dominick's body was interred in [[Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colorado)|Fairmount Cemetery]], Denver. |
Senator Dominick served as chairman of the [[National Republican Senatorial Committee]] in the [[92nd United States Congress|92nd Congress]] from 1971 to 1973. In a good election year for Democrats, Dominick was defeated for a third term in 1974 by [[Gary Hart]], 57.2% to 39.5%. By then Dominick was suffering from [[multiple sclerosis]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Treaster |first1=Joseph |title=PETER H. DOMINICK IS DEAD AT 65; 2-TERM SENATOR FROM COLORADO |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/20/obituaries/peter-h-dominick-is-dead-at-65-2-term-senator-from-coloado.html |access-date=9 April 2021 |agency=The New York Times |publisher=The New York Times Co. |date=20 March 1981}}</ref> After leaving the Senate at the end of his term in 1975, he was appointed [[United States Ambassador to Switzerland|Ambassador to Switzerland]] by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Gerald Ford]], but served only briefly. He resided in [[Cherry Hills Village, Colorado]] until his death at [[Hobe Sound, Florida]], on March 18, 1981. Senator Dominick's body was interred in [[Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colorado)|Fairmount Cemetery]], Denver. |
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Peter H. Dominick | |
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United States Ambassador to Switzerland | |
In office April 25, 1975 – July 10, 1975 | |
President | Gerald Ford |
Preceded by | Shelby Cullom Davis |
Succeeded by | Nathaniel Davis |
United States Senator from Colorado | |
In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1975 | |
Preceded by | John A. Carroll |
Succeeded by | Gary Hart |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's 2nd district | |
In office January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |
Preceded by | Byron Johnson |
Succeeded by | Donald Brotzman |
Personal details | |
Born | Peter Hoyt Dominick July 7, 1915 Stamford, Connecticut, U.S. |
Died | March 18, 1981 Hobe Sound, Florida, U.S. | (aged 65)
Political party | Republican |
Education | Yale University (BA, LLB) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | |
Branch/service | |
Years of service | 1942–1945 |
Rank | |
Unit | United States Army Air Corps |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Peter Hoyt Dominick (July 7, 1915 – March 18, 1981) was an American diplomat, politician and lawyer from Colorado. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the United States Senate from 1963 to 1975. His uncle, Howard Alexander Smith, was a U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1944 to 1959.
Life and career
Born in Stamford, Connecticut on July 7, 1915, Dominick graduated from St. Mark's School in 1933, from Yale University in 1937 as a member of Scroll and Key, and Yale Law School in 1940. He practiced law in New York City with the law firm Carter, Ledyard and Milburn from 1940 until 1942.[1] Dominick then joined the United States Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet at the outset of American fighting in World War II. He served until his separation from military service in 1945, as a captain. He briefly recommenced his legal practice in New York City in 1946, before moving that same year to Denver, Colorado, where he continued to practice law, eventually becoming a founding partner of the law firm Holland & Hart.[2][3]
Dominick entered politics when he was elected as a Republican to the Colorado House of Representatives, where he served from 1957 to 1961. In 1960, he made a successful run for the United States House of Representatives, defeating incumbent freshman Democrat Byron L. Johnson, and he abandoned his law career in 1961. After a single term in the House of Representatives, Dominick was elected to the United States Senate, defeating one-term incumbent Democrat John A. Carroll, 53.6% to 45.6%. He was reelected in 1968 over Stephen L. R. McNichols, a former Governor of Colorado, 58.6% to 41.5%. Dominick voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968,[4][5] as well as the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the confirmation of Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court.[6][7] Dominick was also a supporter of major environmental litigation, supporting the enactment of the Wilderness Act in 1964, the National Environmental Policy Act in 1969, the Clean Air Act of 1970, the Clean Water Act of 1972, and the Endangered Species Act of 1973.[8]
Senator Dominick served as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee in the 92nd Congress from 1971 to 1973. In a good election year for Democrats, Dominick was defeated for a third term in 1974 by Gary Hart, 57.2% to 39.5%. By then Dominick was suffering from multiple sclerosis.[9] After leaving the Senate at the end of his term in 1975, he was appointed Ambassador to Switzerland by President Gerald Ford, but served only briefly. He resided in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado until his death at Hobe Sound, Florida, on March 18, 1981. Senator Dominick's body was interred in Fairmount Cemetery, Denver.
War Journal
Already a competent pilot, Peter Dominick solicited service with the US Air Corp. on Dec, 9th, 1941. Unbeknownst to even his family, Dominick had kept a meticulous journal of the entirety of his service during the war. Chronicling his flying over the Himalayas, or what pilots called "The Hump" or "The Aluminum Trail", the journal was discovered by his children and published by youngest Son, Alexander Dominick, in 2018.[10]
See also
- United States Senate elections, 1962
- United States Senate elections, 1968
- United States Senate elections, 1974
References
- United States Congress. "Peter H. Dominick (id: D000409)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-01-25
External links
- Peter H. Dominick at Find a Grave
- Guide to the Peter H. Dominick Papers at the University of Denver Retrieved 2014-09-26.
References
- ^ "Statesman Peter H. Dominick dead at 65". UPI. UPI. 19 March 1981. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ Smith, J.Y. (20 March 1981). "Peter H. Dominick Dies, Served 2 Terms in Senate". The Washington Post. The Washington Post. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Statesman Peter H. Dominick dead at 65". UPI. UPI. 19 March 1981. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN SALE OR RENTAL OF HOUSING, AND TO PROHIBIT RACIALLY MOTIVATED INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON EXERCISING HIS CIVIL RIGHTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES".
- ^ "HR. 7152. PASSAGE".
- ^ "TO PASS S. 1564, THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965".
- ^ "CONFIRMATION OF NOMINATION OF THURGOOD MARSHALL, THE FIRST NEGRO APPOINTED TO THE SUPREME COURT". GovTrack.us.
- ^ Lacey, Hank (29 March 2021). "Colorado's Republican Civil Rights Icon" (print). Vol. 19, no. 13. Circuit Media. Law Week Colorado. p. 19. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ Treaster, Joseph (20 March 1981). "PETER H. DOMINICK IS DEAD AT 65; 2-TERM SENATOR FROM COLORADO". The New York Times Co. The New York Times. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ Dominick, Alexander S. Flying the Hump, The War Journal of Peter H. Dominick. Green Bay, WI: M&B Global Solutions Inc., 2018. Print
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