Background
Speer, Peter Moore was born on December 29, 1862 in Oil City, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Alexander and Grizelda (Hays) Speer.
Speer, Peter Moore was born on December 29, 1862 in Oil City, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Alexander and Grizelda (Hays) Speer.
Bachelor of Arts, Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania, 1887, Master of Arts, 1890.
Admitted to bar, 1889, and began practice at Oil City. District attorney Venango Company, Pennsylvania, 1891-1894. Member Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1897.
Member 62d Congress (1911-1913), 28th Pennsylvania District.
Vice-president and general counsel Standard Oil Corporation of New York, since 1920.
Mason, Elk.
Married Isabella Paul, June 30, 1891. Children: Paul, Katharine (Mistress Thomas M. Brown).