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 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]

References

^ ^a ^b "Ex-Speaker of the House celebrated with portrait in the chamber – Tallahassee, Florida". Florida Memory. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Here is the roster of new solons in ligislature". Tallahassee Democrat. 17 December 1928. p. 3. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Peter Tomasello dies in Georgia". The Orlando Sentinel. 18 November 1960. p. 3. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Whitaker to head Senate". The Tampa Tribune. 7 April 1931. p. 1. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Good Political Timber (Peter Tomasello Jr.)". Tallahassee Democrat. 2 June 1933. p. 4. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Peter Tomassello". www.flaglercountyfamilies.com.
^ "The Southern Lumberman". 1960.
^ Ogden, Christopher (11 November 2009). Legacy: A Biography of Moses and Walter Annenberg. ISBN 9780316092449.
^ Cockburn, Alexander (1988). Corruptions of Empire: Life Studies & the Reagan Era. ISBN 9780860919407.

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[floridamemory-1] "Ex-Speaker of the House celebrated with portrait in the chamber – Tallahassee, Florida". Florida Memory. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[Tallahassee_Democrat_17_December_1928-2] "Here is the roster of new solons in ligislature". Tallahassee Democrat. 17 December 1928. p. 3. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[The_Orlando_Sentinel_18_November_1960-3] "Peter Tomasello dies in Georgia". The Orlando Sentinel. 18 November 1960. p. 3. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[The_Tampa_Tribune_7_April_1931-4] "Whitaker to head Senate". The Tampa Tribune. 7 April 1931. p. 1. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[Tallahassee_Democrat_2_June_1933-5] "Good Political Timber (Peter Tomasello Jr.)". Tallahassee Democrat. 2 June 1933. p. 4. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[6] "Peter Tomassello". www.flaglercountyfamilies.com.

[7] "The Southern Lumberman". 1960.

[8] Ogden, Christopher (11 November 2009). Legacy: A Biography of Moses and Walter Annenberg. ISBN 9780316092449.

[9] Cockburn, Alexander (1988). Corruptions of Empire: Life Studies & the Reagan Era. ISBN 9780860919407.

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