Representative Ralf Arno Peet View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information

Date of Death: 4/10/1968

Birth Place: Edgewood, Iowa

Birth County: Clayton

Party Affiliation: Republican

Assemblies Served:
House: 45 (1933)

Home County: Guthrie

Family Members Who Served in the Iowa Legislature: Great uncles: Schuyler R. Peet; GA 8; Cornelius T. Peet; GAs 14, 15

Ralf Arno Peet

Guthrie County

Representative from Guthrie county, was born March 1, 1901, in Edgewood, Clayton county, Iowa. He attended the public schools at Edgewood, graduating in 1919; attended Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1919-22; and the State University of Iowa 1922-23, receiving a B. A. degree there in journalism. In 1924, he married Hazel Helbig of Cedar Rapids. He was high school principal and athletic coach at Churdan, Iowa, 1923-25, and superintendent of schools, Bagley, Iowa, 1925-32. For the past two years he has owned and published the Bagley Gazette. He is a member of the Masonic order; chairman of the credentials committee of the grand chapter, O.E.S.; member of Sigma Phi Epsilon national fraternity; member of Pi Kappa Delta, national honorary forensic fraternity; and a life member of the National Educational Association. Serving first term in the legislature. A republican.

House District 35