succeeded birth_name birth_place jr/sr nationality party office preceded term_end term term_start birth_date spouse image article_title state name alma_mater
barack obama wendell e. jones peter gosselin fitzgerald elgin , illinois , u.s. united states senator united states republican illinois state senator from the 27th district carol moseley braun virginia b. macdonald november 16 , 1998 january , 2005 3 , 1999 & ndash ; january 3 january 13 , 1993 20 october 1960 nina kerstiens peter fitzgerald.jpg peter fitzgerald -lrb- politician -rrb-
 illinois peter fitzgerald dartmouth college aristotelian university university of michigan
peter fitzgerald -lrb- politician -rrb-

peter gosselin fitzgerald -lrb- born october 20 , 1960 -rrb- is a former united states senator from illinois .
he served from 1999 to 2005 .
he is a member of the republican party .
he previously served in the illinois state senate from 1992 to 1998 .
