Representative Thomas Petri

Representative for Wisconsin's 6th congressional district, Republican

Top Industries
#IndustryYr AmountCareer Amount
1Building Trade Unions$35,500$195,000
2Air Transport$35,000$530,453
3Building Materials & Equipment$23,500$268,296
4Trucking$19,500$215,286
5Construction Services$19,000$261,421
6Railroads$18,000$281,039
7Lobbyists$15,675$231,571
8Republican/Conservative$15,000$15,000
9Lawyers/Law Firms$14,127$188,448
10Transportation Unions$11,500$203,300
25Telephone Utilities$4,000$4,000
49Telecom Services & Equipment$1,000$1,000
Top Donors 2014
#DonorYr AmountCareer Amount
1Carpenters & Joiners Union$15,000$65,000
2Republican Main Street Partnership$9,000$9,000
3Sheet Metal Workers Union$7,000$7,000
4Aircraft Owners & Pilots Assn$5,500$61,500
5Credit Union National Assn$5,000$5,000
6National Beer Wholesalers Assn$5,000$64,300
7TIAA-CREF$5,000$5,000
8Manitowoc Co$5,000$5,000
9Raytheon Co$5,000$5,000
10Tuesday Group PAC$5,000$5,000

Bio Information


PETRI, Thomas Evert, (1940 - ) Image, Congressional Pictorial Directory, 109th. PETRI, Thomas Evert, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Marinette, Marinette County, Wis., May 28, 1940; graduated from Lowell P. Goodrich High School, Fond du Lac, Wis., 1958; A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1962; J.D., Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass., 1965; clerk to United States Judge James Doyle of the Western District of Wisconsin, 1965; lawyer, private practice; Peace Corps volunteer, 1966-1967; White House aide, 1969-1970; member, Wisconsin state senate, 1973-1979; delegate to the Republican state conventions, 1973 to present; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1974; elected as a Republican, by special election, to the Ninety-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative William A. Steiger, and reelected to the seventeen succeeding Congresses (April 3, 1979-present).

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