Peter Fitzgerald (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Peter Fitzgerald (politician)

United States Senator from Illinois

Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1960

Place of Birth: Elgin, Illinois, United States

Profession: lawyer, politician, banker

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Peter Fitzgerald (politician)

  • Peter Gosselin Fitzgerald (born October 20, 1960) is a former United States Senator from Illinois.
  • A Republican, he served from 1999 until his retirement in 2005.
  • Fitzgerald defeated Democratic incumbent Carol Moseley Braun in 1998, becoming the first Republican to win a U.S.
  • Senate race in Illinois since Charles Percy twenty years earlier.
  • He had previously served in the Illinois State Senate from 1992 to 1998. Known as a maverick for his willingness to break party lines, Fitzgerald retired from the Senate in 2005 and was succeeded by Barack Obama.
  • After retiring from politics, he and his wife moved to McLean, Virginia.
  • The son of millionaire banking magnate Gerald Francis Fitzgerald, Peter founded Chain Bridge Bank in 2007.

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