Peter Tomasello Jr.
Peter Tomasello Jr. (1900 – November 17, 1960)[1] was a politician in Florida. He was elected to serve in the Florida House of Representatives in 1928,[2] and served until 1940.[3] He served as Speaker of the Florida House from 1933 to 1935.[1][3] He had first stood for the speaker of the house position for the 1931 session but lost to E. Clay Lewis Jr.[4]
He was born in 1900 in Pinewood, Santa Rosa County, Florida.[5] His father immigrated from Austria and worked his way up in the limber business.[6] Jr. had a lumber mill.[7]
He had served as a private in the Florida national guard in World War I achieving the rank of sergeant before retiring from service.[5]
He was a candidate in the 1936 Florida gubernatorial election where he came third out of thirteen.[3] He met with gambling interests.[8][9]
He died in a private hospital in Forest Park, Georgia November 17, 1960, he had been living in Forest Park for 14 years.[3] He was survived by his wife Elizabeth Tomasello (née Carter) and his son Jerome Tomasello.[3]
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- Democratic Party members of the Florida House of Representatives
- Speakers of the Florida House of Representatives
- People from Forest Park, Georgia
- United States Army personnel of World War I
- 1900 births
- 1960 deaths
- United States Army non-commissioned officers
- Florida National Guard personnel
- 20th-century members of the Florida Legislature