Peter Edgecomb

{{short description|American politician from Maine|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Peter Edgecomb | caption = | order = | office = Member of the Maine Senate for the 1st District | term_start = December 2014 | term_end = December 2016 | predecessor = Dawn Hill | successor = Troy Dale Jackson | office1 = Member of the Maine House of Representatives for the 4th District | term_start1 = December 2004 | term_end1 = December 2012 | successor1 = Carol McElwee | party = Republican | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = University of Maine, University of New Hampshire | profession = Educator | website = }} '''Peter Edgecomb''' is an American politician from Maine. Edgecomb represented District 1 in the Maine Senate. He previously represented District 4 in the Maine House of Representatives, which was part of Aroostook County. He resides in the city of Caribou. He is a Republican and was first elected to the House in 2004. He was re-elected in 2006, 2008 and 2010 and was unable to run again for re-election in 2012 due to term limits.<ref name=Bio>[http://www.maine.gov/legis/house_gop/members/edgecomb.htm Peter Edgecomb bio] Maine.gov</ref> In 2014, Edgecomb was elected to the Senate from District 1. He announced he would not run for re-election in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stateandcapitol.bangordailynews.com/2016/02/25/7468/|title = Does Republican senator's bow-out clear the way for a Troy Jackson return?| work=State & Capitol |date = 25 February 2016}}</ref>

Edgecomb graduated from the University of Maine in Orono in 1963. He later earned an M.A. in education at the University of New Hampshire and was a teacher and principal.<ref name=Bio/>

From 2010 to 2012, Edgecomb was co-chairman of the Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Joint Standing Committee.

His grandson Anthony "A.J." Edgecomb at age 21 became a member of Maine's House of Representatives 127th Maine Legislature. He became the youngest member of Maine's House of Representatives for Maine District 148.<ref>[http://mehousegop.org/reps-a-f/a-j-edgecomb/ mehousegop.org AJ Edgecomb/]</ref>

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