Peter Edgecomb | |
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Member of the Maine Senate for the 1st District | |
In office December 2014 –December 2016 | |
Preceded by | Troy Dale Jackson |
Succeeded by | Troy Dale Jackson |
Member of the Maine House of Representatives for the 4th District | |
In office December 2004 –December 2012 | |
Succeeded by | Carol McElwee |
Personal details | |
Political party | Republican |
Residence | Caribou,Maine |
Alma mater | University of Maine,University of New Hampshire |
Profession | Educator |
Peter Edgecomb is an American politician from Maine. Edgecomb represented District 1 in the Maine Senate. He previously represented District 4 in the Maine House of Representatives,which was part of Aroostook County. He resides in the city of Caribou. He is a Republican and was first elected to the House in 2004. He was re-elected in 2006,2008 and 2010 and was unable to run again for re-election in 2012 due to term limits. [1] In 2014,Edgecomb was elected to the Senate from District 1. He announced he would not run for re-election in 2016. [2]
Edgecomb graduated from the University of Maine in Orono in 1963. He later earned an M.A. in education at the University of New Hampshire and was a teacher and principal. [1]
From 2010 to 2012,Edgecomb was co-chairman of the Agriculture,Conservation and Forestry Joint Standing Committee.
His grandson Anthony "A.J." Edgecomb at age 21 became a member of Maine's House of Representatives 127th Maine Legislature. He became the youngest member of Maine's House of Representatives for Maine District 148. [3]