Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Peter Oliver” in chapter 13, page 151 of Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register:

...r was a man of wealth and character, but had not previously held public station, except military. It was indeed suggested by some, that his name was inserted in the commission by mistake, instead of Peter Oliver , the Chief Justice and a member of the old Council. Judge Lee had been a Representative, but never before a member of the Council; on the contrary, Judge Danforth was the senior member of that Boar...
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Peter Oliver 18 10 4 4 0 user votes

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