Peter DeFazio
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon's 4th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 1987 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Weaver |
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Peter Anthony DeFazio May 27, 1947 Needham, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Myrnie Daut |
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Tufts University (BA) University of Oregon (MA) |
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 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Air Force
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| Years of service | 1967–1971 |
| Unit | Air Force Reserve Command |
Peter Anthony DeFazio /dᵻˈfɑːzioʊ/ (born May 27, 1947) is the U.S. Representative for Oregon's 4th congressional district, serving since 1987. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes Eugene, Springfield, Roseburg, Coos Bay, Florence, and part of Corvallis. As Oregon's most senior member of Congress, he is the dean of Oregon's House of Representatives delegation. A native of Massachusetts and a veteran of the United States Air Force Reserves, he previously served as a county commissioner in Lane County, Oregon.
DeFazio was born in Needham, Massachusetts in 1947, a suburb of Boston. He credits his great-uncle with shaping his politics; as a boy, that great-uncle almost never said "Republican" without including "bastard" at the end (or "bastud," as it usually sounds in the Boston accent). He served in the United States Air Force Reserves from 1967 to 1971. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts University in 1969 and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Oregon in 1977.
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