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Peter A. Peyser

Peter A. Peyser, American soldier and politician (died 2014)

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Born
September 7, 1921
Died
October 9, 2014
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1921

About Peter A. Peyser

Peter A. Peyser was a United States representative from New York, serving from 1971 to 1977 as a Republican and from 1979 to 1983 as a Democrat. Peyser won the June primary and went on to win the general election against William Dretzin. Buckley had won a three-way 1970 Senate race on the Conservative Party line, but aligned himself with the Republican caucus in the Senate. Buckley won the primary in a landslide and went on to defeat in the general election at the hands of Daniel Patrick Moynihan. His daughter Penelope, known as Penny, became an actress. (Her uncle, John Peyser, was a Hollywood television and movie director.) On October 9, 2014, Peyser died of Parkinson's disease.

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Peter A. Peyser timeline

  1. Buckley had won a three-way 1970 Senate race on the Conservative Party line, but aligned himself with the Republican caucus in the Senate.
  2. His daughter Penelope, known as Penny, became an actress. (Her uncle, John Peyser, was a Hollywood television and movie director.) On October 9, 2014, Peyser died of Parkinson's disease.

The world when Peter A. Peyser was born

Peter A. Peyser was born in 1921. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1921

  • #1 song"My Man" – Fanny Brice
  • Top movieThe Kid (Charlie Chaplin)
  • Best-selling bookMain Street – Sinclair Lewis

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJack Dempsey vs Georges Carpentier — first million-dollar gate
  • Top headlineWarren G. Harding inaugurated as 29th President
  • Technology milestoneAlbert Einstein wins the Nobel Prize in Physics
  • Defining fadOuija boards
  • Notable inventionLie detector (polygraph)
  • World population1.88 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWarren G. Harding
  • Sports championNew York Giants (World Series)
  • U.S. population108.5M

1921 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Peter A. Peyser's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19212026
Gas$0.26$3.45/gal
Average home$5,500$435,000
Average income$3,010$67,500
Movie ticket$0.15$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population108.5M341 million

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