Background
Peterson was born to Norwegian immigrants on May 29, 1853 in Scandinavia, Wisconsin.
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He later lived in Iola, Wisconsin. They would have three children before she died in 1898. In 1905, Peterson married Clara Hermansen.
They would have one son.
Peterson was elected to the Assembly in 1902. Previously, he had served two terms as Sheriff of Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
He was a Republican.
