Facts: - successor: arnold e. brown edward h. hynes - party: republican - death date: 7 january 2014 - predecessor: walter e. brown h. jones -lrb- new jersey politician -rrb- arnold - office: new jersey general assembly new jersey general assembly - spouse: helen moraites - term end: 1966 1971 - term start: 1962 1968 - birth date: june 8 , 1922 - birthname: peter moraites - birth place: north carolina - alma mater: st. john 's college april 2015 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of peter moraites .
peter moraites -lrb- june 8 , 1922 -- january 7 , 2014 ; pronounced mo-ray-tees -rrb- was an american republican party politician who served as speaker of the new jersey general assembly in 1969 .