About Peter C. Zimmerman
Lived 1887 – 1950 (aged 63). Peter C. Zimmerman was an American politician.
Peter Christian Zimmerman (August 17, 1887 – October 28, 1950) was an American politician from the state of Oregon.
Biography Zimmerman was born in 1887 to Christian Zimmerman and Louisa Sophia Nolteon and raised on a farm near Yamhill, Oregon.
Zimmerman ran for the Oregon State Senate in 1922, defeating incumbent William T. Vinton in the Republican primary.
In 1934, Zimmerman ran for Governor of Oregon. Although he was defeated in the Republican primary by fellow state senator Joe E. Dunne, he was urged to run as an independent by farm groups. Zimmerman lost the general election to Democrat Charles Martin, receiving 32% of the vote and coming in second place, winning eight counties.
Zimmerman and his wife, Ethel F. Patey, had one daughter, Carolyn; she married Ben Larson. He died of throat cancer in 1950, aged 63.
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Who was Peter C. Zimmerman?
politician (1887-1950)
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Peter C. Zimmerman was born on 17 August 1887 in Yamhill County.
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Peter C. Zimmerman died on 28 October 1950.
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Peter C. Zimmerman was a politician.
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Peter C. Zimmerman was American.
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