district state_senate death_date successor state_assembly birth_place imagesize party profession birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
1st wisconsin unknown john e. cashman wisconsin door county , wisconsin 150px republican farmer and commercial banker may 16 , 1876 1919 herbert peterson
 1923 herbert l. peterson
herbert peterson

herbert l. peterson -lrb- born may 16 , 1876 -rrb- was an american politician .
he was a member of the wisconsin state senate , representing wisconsin 's 1st senate district .
he was a member of the republican party of wisconsin .
peterson was born on a farm in door county , wisconsin .
after being educated in the public school system , he took a job as a delivery boy and clerk in a general store where he acquired the training which later enabled him to become a senior partner in a large general store which he partly owned for several years .
in 1902 he engaged in the banking business , while continuing to live on a farm .
he became the president of the `` door county state bank '' , and the `` marinette hoop and stave company '' .
he was also the treasurer of the `` universal shipbuilding company '' , which he was instrumental in helping to organize .
he held the office of state senator from 1919 to 1923 .
he carried every county in the primary election in 1918 and was then elected without opposition .
