# Peter Blute

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Peter Blute Executive Director of the Massachusetts Port Authority In office January 6, 1997 – August 18, 1999 Governor Bill Weld Paul Cellucci Preceded by Stephen Tocco Succeeded by Virginia Buckingham Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd district In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997 Preceded by Joseph D. Early Succeeded by Jim McGovern Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 11th Worcester district In office January 7, 1987 – January 3, 1993 Preceded by Roberta Goldman Succeeded by Ronald Gauch Personal details Born (1956-01-28) January 28, 1956 (age 70) Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. Party Republican Spouse Robi Blute Children 2 Education Boston College (BA)

**Peter Ignatius Blute**[1] (born January 28, 1956) is an American businessman and former politician who served as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) member of the [United States House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives). He served two terms, between January 3, 1993, and January 3, 1997, representing [Massachusetts' 3rd congressional district](/source/Massachusetts's_3rd_congressional_district). As of 2024, Blute and colleague [Peter G. Torkildsen](/source/Peter_G._Torkildsen) remain the last Republicans elected to serve in the United States House delegation from Massachusetts.

## Early life and career

Blute was born in [Worcester, Massachusetts](/source/Worcester%2C_Massachusetts), one of 11 siblings. He grew up and currently lives in [Shrewsbury, Massachusetts](/source/Shrewsbury%2C_Massachusetts), where he attended [St. John's High School](/source/St._John's_High_School_(Massachusetts)). He earned his B.A. at [Boston College](/source/Boston_College) in 1978. He was the owner of a sports promotion and marketing firm, and then a marketing representative for The Burdett School.

Blute was elected to the [Massachusetts House of Representatives](/source/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives) in 1986 and served until 1993 when he was elected as a Republican to the [103rd Congress](/source/103rd_Congress) and then reelected to the [104th Congress](/source/104th_Congress). A Republican, he defeated 9-term incumbent [Joseph Early](/source/Joseph_Early), who is also a [St. John's High School](/source/St._John's_High_School_(Massachusetts)) alumnus, in [1992](/source/United_States_House_elections%2C_1992) to become the first Republican to represent this district since 1947. After two terms in the House, Blute was defeated by current [Congressman](/source/Congressman) [James P. McGovern](/source/Jim_McGovern_(congressman)) in 1996 in a reelection bid for the [105th Congress](/source/105th_Congress). Since Blute's defeat, no other Massachusetts Republican has been elected to the House.

## After Congress

From 1997 to 1999, Blute served as executive director of the [Massachusetts Port Authority](/source/Massachusetts_Port_Authority) (MassPort).[2] His tenure at MassPort came to an end following revelations of a workday "booze cruise", originally paid for with Massport funds and billed as a "survey" of [Boston Harbor](/source/Boston_Harbor), during which a female passenger, actress Gidget Churchill, aboard the vessel with Blute exposed her breasts to a *[Boston Herald](/source/Boston_Herald)* photographer. Questions remain as to why Churchill exposed herself and who notified the local media as to the time and date of the cruise.[3][4]

Blute was then a radio talk show host for [WRKO](/source/WRKO) Boston from 5:30 to 9 am, co-hosting with Andy Moes from 1999 to 2001, [John Osterlind](/source/John_Osterlind) from 2001 to 2003, and [Scott Allen Miller](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scott_Allen_Miller&action=edit&redlink=1) from 2003 until he left WRKO on October 3, 2005. He moved on to AM 830 [WCRN](/source/WCRN) Worcester in early 2006, and hosted the station's 6 to 9 am drive-time program until leaving WCRN on May 27, 2011.[5]

On December 21, 2011, Blute was named deputy chairman of the [Massachusetts Republican Party](/source/Massachusetts_Republican_Party).[6]

## Family

Blute is the son of Dr. Robert Blute and Ann-Marie Blute, a [Dame of Malta](/source/Dame_of_Malta).[7]

Blute is one of eleven siblings. One of his sisters, Paula Ebben, is a news anchor for [WBZ-TV](/source/WBZ-TV).[7]

Blute's grandfather, Paul H. Hines, served as state representative and as an aide to Mayor [John Hynes](/source/John_Hynes_(politician)). His uncle, [Peter F. Hines](/source/Peter_F._Hines), served on the [Boston City Council](/source/Boston_City_Council) from 1958 to 1968 and was a candidate for [Mayor](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Boston) in [1967](/source/Boston_mayoral_election%2C_1967).[7]

In 2005, [*Boston* magazine](/source/Boston_magazine) ranked the Blute family the 10th out of 50 families "that run [Boston]".[8]

## Electoral history

- **1992 Race for 3rd Massachusetts US Congressional District** - Rep. [Joseph Early](/source/Joseph_Early) (D), 44.3% - Peter Blute (R), 50.4% - Others, 5.3%

- **1994 Race for 3rd Massachusetts US Congressional District** - Rep. Peter Blute (R), 54.6% - Kevin O'Sullivan (D), 44.2% - Others, 1.2%

- **1996 Race for 3rd Massachusetts US Congressional District** - Rep. Peter Blute (R), 45.4% - [James P. McGovern](/source/Jim_McGovern_(congressman)) (D), 52.9% - Others, 1.7%

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [*textsAmerican Leaders, 1789-1994*](https://archive.org/details/americanleaders10000unse/page/120/mode/2up). Congressional Quarterly. 1994. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-87187-841-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87187-841-0).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Port Authority appoints Blute chief"](https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/state/1996/12/18/port-authority-appoints-blute-chief/50624503007/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Beat the Press: Blute and Carr/WRKO"](https://web.archive.org/web/20051028070746/http://www.greaterboston.tv/features/btp_wrko_111601.html). *[WGBH](/source/WGBH-TV)*. WGBH Boston. November 16, 2001. Archived from [the original](http://www.greaterboston.tv/features/btp_wrko_111601.html) on October 28, 2005.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Massport head resigns in wake of "booze cruise" flap"](https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/state/1999/08/19/massport-head-resigns-in-wake/50519333007/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Worcester Wired"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110601222417/http://www.worcesterwired.com/2011/05/27/blutte-says-goodbye-to-wcrn-and-radio). Archived from the original on June 1, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Sutner, Shaun (December 21, 2011). ["Blute named deputy chairman of state Republican party"](http://www.telegram.com/article/20111221/NEWS/111229762/1101/local). *Telegram & Gazette*. Retrieved January 2, 2012.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Ann-Marie_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Ann-Marie_7-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Ann-Marie_7-2) ["Ann-Marie Blute, 84, Dame of Malta, Mother of Congressman"](http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Ann-Marie+Blute,+84,+Dame+of+Malta,+Mother+of+Congressman.-a0198984631). *Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)*. May 3, 2009. Retrieved June 27, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["The Fifty Families (Part 1)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120203221013/http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/the_fifty_families_part_1). *[Boston magazine](/source/Boston_magazine)*. Boston magazine. May 2004. Archived from [the original](http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/the_fifty_families_part_1) on February 3, 2012.

## External links

- [Biography](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000576) at the *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*

- [2001-11-16 Episode of WGBH's "Greater Boston"](https://web.archive.org/web/20051028070746/http://www.greaterboston.tv/features/btp_wrko_111601.html) detailing the MassPort "booze cruise" incident.

- ["Blute says he won't challenge Kennedy"](https://web.archive.org/web/20060910193828/http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/02/24/blute_says_he_wont_challenge_kennedy/) Boston Globe, 2006-02-24

- [Appearances](https://www.c-span.org/person/?26491) on [C-SPAN](/source/C-SPAN)

U.S. House of Representatives Preceded by Joseph D. Early Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district 1993–1997 Succeeded by Jim McGovern U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial) Preceded by Robert H. Steele as Former U.S. Representative Order of precedence of the United States as Former U.S. Representative Succeeded by Peter Torkildsen as Former U.S. Representative

v t e United States representatives from Massachusetts 1st district F. Ames Dexter Goodhue Holten Sedgwick Skinner Sedgwick J. Bacon Eustis Quincy Ward Jr. Mason Gorham Webster Gorham N. Appleton Gorham A. Lawrence Fletcher A. Lawrence Winthrop N. Appleton Winthrop S. Eliot W. Appleton Scudder T. D. Eliot Hall T. D. Eliot Buffington Crapo R. Davis Randall Wright G. Lawrence Treadway Heselton Conte Olver Neal 2nd district Goodhue Foster W. Lyman Sedgwick Ward Sr. W. Lyman Shepard J. Crowninshield Story Pickman W. Reed Pickering Silsbee Barstow B. Crowninshield Choate Phillips Saltonstall D. King Rantoul Fay Crocker Buffington O. Ames Harris Long E. Morse Gillett Churchill Bowles Kaynor Granfield Clason Furcolo Boland Neal McGovern 3rd district Gerry Bourne Coffin S. Lyman Mattoon Cutler Nelson Livermore White Pickering Nelson Varnum Nelson Osgood Cushing A. Abbott Duncan Edmands Damrell C. Adams Thomas A. Rice Twichell Whiting I Pierce Field B. Dean Field Ranney L. Morse J. Andrew Walker J. R. Thayer R. Hoar C. Washburn J. A. Thayer Wilder Paige F. Foss Casey Philbin Drinan Donohue Early Blute McGovern N. Tsongas Trahan 4th district Sedgwick Dearborn G. Thatcher Wadsworth Foster L. Lincoln Sr. Hastings Varnum W. Richardson Dana Stearns Fuller E. Everett Sa. Hoar Parmenter Thompson Palfrey Thompson Sabine Walley Comins A. Rice Hooper Frost J. Abbott L. Morse Collins O'Neil Apsley Weymouth Tirrell Mitchell Wilder Winslow Stobbs P. Holmes Donohue Drinan Frank Kennedy III Auchincloss 5th district Partridge Bourne Freeman L. Williams T. Dwight Ely Mills Lathrop Sibley J. Davis L. Lincoln Jr. Hudson C. Allen W. Appleton Burlingame W. Appleton Hooper Alley Butler Gooch Banks Bowman L. Morse Hayden Banks Sh. Hoar Stevens Knox B. Ames J. Rogers E. Rogers B. Morse Cronin P. Tsongas Shannon Atkins Meehan N. Tsongas Markey Clark 6th district G. Thatcher Leonard J. Reed Sr. J. Smith Taggart S. Allen Locke Kendall Grennell Alvord Baker Ashmun G. Davis Upham T. Davis Alley Gooch Banks Butler Thompson Loring Stone Lovering Lodge Cogswell Moody Gardner Lufkin A.P. Andrew G. Bates W. Bates Harrington Mavroules Torkildsen Tierney Moulton 7th district Leonard Ward Sr. Leonard Bullock Bishop Mitchell Barker Baylies Turner Baylies Hulbert Shaw H. Dwight S. Allen Grennell Briggs J. Rockwell Goodrich Banks Gooch Boutwell Brooks Esty E. Hoar Tarbox Butler W. Russell Stone Cogswell W. Everett Barrett Roberts Phelan Maloney W. Connery L. Connery Lane Macdonald Markey Capuano Pressley 8th district Grout G. Thatcher F. Ames Otis Eustis L. Williams Green Gardner Green J. Reed Jr. Baylies Sampson Hobart Lathrop Bates Calhoun J. Adams Mann Wentworth Knapp Train Baldwin G. Hoar J. M. S. Williams Warren Claflin Candler W Russell C. H. Allen Greenhalge Stevens McCall Deitrick Dallinger H. Thayer Dallinger Healey Goodwin Macdonald O'Neill Kennedy II Capuano Lynch 9th district Varnum Bishop J. Dean Wheaton J. Reed Jr. Folger J. Reed Jr. H. Dwight Briggs Jackson Hastings H. Williams Hale Fowler Little De Witt E. Thayer Bailey A. Walker W. Washburn Crocker G. Hoar W. Rice T. Lyman Ely Burnett Candler G. Williams O'Neil Fitzgerald Conry Keliher Murray Roberts Fuller Underhill Luce R. Russell Luce T. H. Eliot Gifford Nicholson Keith McCormack Hicks Moakley Lynch Keating 10th district Goodhue Sewall Read Hastings Upham J. Allen Brigham Wheaton Morton F Baylies Bailey H. A. S. Dearborn W. Baylies Borden H. Williams Borden Burnell Grinnell Scudder Dickinson Chaffee Delano Dawes Crocker Stevens Seelye Norcross W. Rice J. E. Russell J. Walker McEttrick Atwood Barrows Naphen McNary O'Connell Curley Murray Tague Fitzgerald Tague Douglass Tinkham Herter Curtis Martin Heckler Studds Delahunt Keating 11th district Bradbury Bartlett Cutler Stedman A. Bigelow Brigham B. Adams J. Russell Hobart J. Richardson J. Adams J. Reed Jr. Burnell Goodrich Trafton Dawes Chapin Robinson Whiting II Wallace Coolidge Draper Sprague Powers Sullivan Peters Tinkham Douglass Higgins Flaherty Curley Kennedy O'Neill Burke Donnelly 12th district H. Dearborn I. Parker Lee S. Thatcher Skinner Larned Bidwell Bacon Dewey Hulbert Strong Kendall L. Bigelow Baylies Hodges J. Adams Robinson F. Rockwell Crosby E. Morse Lovering Powers Weeks Curley Gallivan McCormack Keith Studds 13th district Wadsworth Seaver Ruggles Dowse Eustis J. Reed Jr. Randall Simpkins Greene Weeks Mitchell Carter Luce Wigglesworth Burke 14th district G. Thatcher Cutts C. King J. Holmes Lovering E. Foss Harris Gilmore Olney Frothingham Wigglesworth Martin 15th district Wadsworth Ilsley Whitman Widgery Bradbury Whitman Greene Leach Martin Gifford 16th district S. Thatcher Cook Tallman S. Davis Brown Orr Hill Thacher Walsh Gifford 17th district Bruce Chandler Gannett F. Carr Wood J. Carr Wilson Kinsley 18th district Wilson T. Rice J. Parker 19th district J. Parker Conner Gage Cushman 20th district Hubbard Parris E. Lincoln At-large Cobb

v t e Massachusetts's delegation(s) to the 103rd–104th United States Congress (ordered by seniority) 103rd Senate: ▌T. Kennedy (D) ▌J. Kerry (D) House: ▌J. Moakley (D) ▌G. Studds (D) ▌E. Markey (D) ▌B. Frank (D) ▌J. Kennedy II (D) ▌R. Neal (D) ▌J. Olver (D) ▌P. Blute (R) ▌M. Meehan (D) ▌P. Torkildsen (R) 104th Senate: ▌T. Kennedy (D) ▌J. Kerry (D) House: ▌J. Moakley (D) ▌G. Studds (D) ▌E. Markey (D) ▌B. Frank (D) ▌J. Kennedy II (D) ▌R. Neal (D) ▌J. Olver (D) ▌P. Blute (R) ▌M. Meehan (D) ▌P. Torkildsen (R)

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