Career
He served alongside Claude B. Duval, senator from Terrebonne and Saint Mary parishes. Peltier resided in his native Thibodaux, Louisiana. At the age of twenty-five, he was a delegate to the 1948 Democratic National Convention held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which nominated the Truman-Barkley ticket.
He was appointed in 1975 by Governor Edwin Edwards as a trustee of the University of Louisiana System and was its first president from 1975 until his death in 1980.
Peltier, Senior also served on the former Louisiana State Board of Education as the elected member from Louisiana"s 3rd congressional district. Peltier"s mother was the former May Ayo (1902-1992).
In 1945, Peltier married Irma Mary Geheeb (1924-2014), the third daughter of Albert John and Cleo Belou Geheeb. Known as "Mickey", she graduated from the former Ursuline College, now Ursuline Academy, in her native New Orleans.
The Peltier family is interred in the family tomb at Saint Joseph Cemetery in Thibodaux.
