Peter Kyros

Peter Nicholas Kyros ( born July 11, 1925 in Portland, Maine; † 10 July 2012) was an American politician. Between 1967 and 1975 he represented the state of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Peter Cyrus attended the common schools and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Between 1944 and 1953 he served in the U.S. Navy. During this time he studied until 1947 at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. After a subsequent law degree from Harvard University and his made ​​in 1957 admitted to the bar, he began practicing in his new job in Portland. From 1957 to 1959 he was an advisor to the public utilities commission of Maine ( Public Utilities Commission ).

Politically, Cyrus member of the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1966, he was the first electoral district of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on January 3, 1967, to succeed Stanley R. Tupper. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until January 3rd, 1975 four legislative sessions. During this time, ended the Vietnam War. In addition, the political life in the United States was overshadowed in 1974 by the Watergate affair. While Cyrus ' time in Congress were the 25th and the 26th Amendment to the Constitution ratified.

In the elections of 1974, Cyrus lost to David F. Emery of the Republican Party. Between 1980 and 1982 he worked for the Foreign Ministry. After that he worked as a lawyer again.