Born in Farmington, Connecticut in January 1800, Peck completed preparatory studies and taught school in Holley, New York.
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He took command of John J. Peck's 3rd Brigade, (55th New York, 62nd New York, and the 93rd, 98th, and 102nd Pennsylvania regiments) Couch's 1st Division, Keyes's IV Corps during the Seven Days Battles, after Peck was promoted to command of Silas Casey's Division of the same corps.
William H. Peck wrote about his meeting with lighthouse keeper Mills Burnham of Cape Canaveral in the Florida Star newspaper in 1887.
He was reelected to the Forty-second Congress and served from April 23, 1870, to March 3, 1873.
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Peck was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Truman H. Hoag.
Among his larger real estate transactions were the sale of properties for the Standard Oil (now Chevron) refinery at what became El Segundo and the Army's Fort MacArthur at San Pedro.
James H. Peck (1790–1836), American judge in Missouri impeached for abuse of power
He was placed in command of the 2nd Division, IV Corps during the Seven Days Battles where he again distinguished himself.
After Kearny's death at the Battle of Chantilly, he then joined the 11th New York Cavalry Regiment in June 1862 as a Lieutenant, but was mustered out the same month, and assigned to the 1st New York Light Artillery as a Major and served until 1863 when he joined the staff of General John J. Peck.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1860 to the Thirty-seventh Congress.
In 1873 Eliza Tibbets received two new citrus trees to grow and test, from the botanist William Saunders, the Director of the new U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C..
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Luther Calvin Tibbets (June 26, 1820 - July 21, 1902) was born in South Berwick, York County, Maine.
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline, based on the book of the same name by George W. Peck.
From 1870 to 1872 Peck served as chief of staff to Governor John Stewart with the rank of colonel.
Toby Tyler is a "bad boy" novel, meant to teach a lesson what happens to boys who do bad things; other examples include George W. Peck's Peck's Bad Boy (1883), Thomas Bailey Aldrich's The Story of a Bad Boy (1870), and Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876).
Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.