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'''Peter Hoyt Dominick''' (July 7, 1915 – March 18, 1981) was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Senator]] for his adopted state of [[Colorado]], with service for two terms from 1963 to 1974. He lost his bid for a third term to later [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] presidential candidate [[Gary Hart]], who in 1972 had managed the campaign to elect [[George McGovern]] of [[South Dakota]] in the unsuccessful race against [[Richard M. Nixon]].

'''Peter Hoyt Dominick''' (July 7, 1915 – March 18, 1981) was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Senator]] for his adopted state of [[Colorado]], with service for two terms from 1963 to 1974. He lost his bid for a third term to later [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] presidential candidate [[Gary Hart]], who in 1972 had managed the campaign to elect [[George McGovern]] of [[South Dakota]] in the unsuccessful race against [[Richard M. Nixon]].

Dominick was born in Stamford, [[Connecticut]], forty miles northeast of [[New York City]]. His maternal uncle, Howard Alexander Smith, was a U.S. Senator for [[New Jersey]] from 1944 to 1959. He graduated in 1933 from St. Mark's School in [[Massachusetts]]. He then graduated in 1937 from [[Yale University]] in [[New Haven]], Connecticut, and then Yale Law School in 1940. For the next two years, he practiced law in [[New York City]].<ref name=statesman>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/03/19/Statesman-Peter-H-Dominick-dead-at-65/3900353826000/ |title=

Dominick was born in Stamford, [[Connecticut]], forty miles northeast of [[New York City]]. His maternal uncle, Howard Alexander Smith, was a U.S. Senator for [[New Jersey]] from 1944 to 1959. He graduated in 1933 from St. Mark's School in [[Massachusetts]]. He then graduated in 1937 from [[Yale University]] in [[New Haven]], Connecticut, and then Yale Law School in 1940. For the next two years, he practiced law in [[New York City]].<ref name=statesman>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/03/19/Statesman-Peter-H-Dominick-dead-at-65/3900353826000/ |title=

Statesman Peter H. Dominick dead at 65|publisher=[[United Press International]]|date=March 19, 1981|accessdate=July 15, 2021}}</ref>  

Statesman Peter H. Dominick dead at 65|publisher=[[United Press International]]|date=March 19, 1981|accessdate=July 15, 2021}}</ref>  

In 1942, Dominick joined the [[United States Army]] Air Corps, the forerunner of the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]], as an aviation cadet]] at the outset of America's entry into [[World War II]]. He served until his release as a captain in 1945. Years after his death, his youngest son, Alexander S. Dominick found a journal of the entirety of his war-time service during the war. He flew over "the Hump" in the [[Himalayas]].<ref>Alexander S. Dominick, ''Flying the Hump: The War Journal of Peter H. Dominick (Green Bay,[[Wiconsin]]: M&B Global Solutions, Inc., 2018).</ref>

In 1942, Dominick joined the [[United States Army]] Air Corps, the forerunner of the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]], as an aviation cadet]] at the outset of America's entry into [[World War II]]. He served until his release as a captain in 1945. Years after his death, his youngest son, Alexander S. Dominick found a journal of the entirety of his war-time service during the war. He flew over "the Hump" in the [[Himalayas]].<ref>Alexander S. Dominick, ''Flying the Hump: The War Journal of Peter H. Dominick (Green Bay,[[Wiconsin]]: M&B Global Solutions, Inc., 2018).</ref>

In 1946, he resumed his legal practice in New York City but soon moved to the capital city of [[Denver]], Colorado, at which he became a founding partner of the law firm Holland & Hart, founded by Joseph Holland and Steve Hart, no relation to Dominick's last political opponent, Gary Hart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1981/03/20/peter-h-dominick-dies-served-2-terms-in-senate/f9d8525f-d30d-4110-8ac0-cca04eea950e/|author=J. Y. Smith|date=March 20, 1981|accessdate=July 15, 2021|publisher=''[[The Washington Post]]''|date=March 20, 1981}}</ref><ref name=statesman/>

In 1946, he resumed his legal practice in New York City but soon moved to the capital city of [[Denver]], Colorado, at which he became a founding partner of the law firm Holland & Hart, founded by Joseph Holland and Steve Hart, no relation to Dominick's last political opponent, Gary Hart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1981/03/20/peter-h-dominick-dies-served-2-terms-in-senate/f9d8525f-d30d-4110-8ac0-cca04eea950e/|author=J. Y. Smith|date=March 20, 1981|accessdate=July 15, 2021|publisher=''[[The Washington Post]]''|date=March 20, 1981}}</ref><ref name=statesman/>

Dominick was from 1971 to 1972 the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. He lost his bid for a third term to Gary Hart, 57.2 to 39.5 percent. By then Dominick was suffering from [[multiple sclerosis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/20/obituaries/peter-h-dominick-is-dead-at-65-2-term-senator-from-coloado.htm|title=Peter H. Dominick is dead at 65; 2-term senator from Colorado|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=March 20, 1981|accessdate=July 15, 2021}}</ref>  

Dominick was from 1971 to 1972 the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. He lost his bid for a third term to Gary Hart, 57.2 to 39.5 percent. By then Dominick was suffering from [[multiple sclerosis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/20/obituaries/peter-h-dominick-is-dead-at-65-2-term-senator-from-coloado.htm|title=Peter H. Dominick is dead at 65; 2-term senator from Colorado|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=March 20, 1981|accessdate=July 15, 2021}}</ref>  

After leaving the Senate at the end of his term in 1975, he was appointed as United States Ambassador to [[Switzerland]] by U.S. President [[Gerald Ford]], but served less than three months. He died at Hobe Sound, [[Florida]] and is interred at Fairmount Cemetery in Denver.<ref>Peter Hoyt Dominick (1915-1981) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed July 15, 2021}}</ref>

After leaving the Senate at the end of his term in 1975, he was appointed as United States Ambassador to [[Switzerland]] by U.S. President [[Gerald Ford]], but served less than three months. He died at Hobe Sound, [[Florida]] and is interred at Fairmount Cemetery in Denver.<ref>Peter Hoyt Dominick (1915-1981) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed July 15, 2021}}</ref>

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