Joshua Peters


Joshua D. Peters is an American politician in the Democratic Party who was the Missouri State Representative of Missouri's 76th District from 2013 to 2019. Peters was first elected in a special election on April 2, 2013. He represented portions of north Saint Louis City. He is the youngest African American ever elected to the Missouri House.

Early career

Peters served as a legislative assistant and office manager to Congressman Lacy Clay of Missouri's 1st congressional district for three years and was appointed by President Barack Obama as the Confidential Assistant to the Under Secretary of Education, Martha Kanter.

Missouri Legislature

After the 2012 Missouri elections, there was an open seat in Missouri House District 76 in which Peters ran for and won on April 2, 2013. He officially took office on April 17, 2013.
In the 2016 general election, Peters was elected to serve as a member of Missouri's 99th General Assembly. He filed 11 bills.
On April 5, 2017, Peters was appointed as the first congressional designee to the executive board of the Missouri Democratic Party. According to a press statement released by Peters, he hopes to "build momentum and passion within the party organization."
On April 24, 2017, Peters, along with Missouri State Representative Bruce Franks Jr., filed a housing discrimination complaint to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The case alleged that a concentration of facilities serving homeless people created a strong disparity within St. Louis City's Near Northside.

House committees

As a member of the Missouri House, Peters served on the following committees:
Peters is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity and serves as a member of the board of directors of the Missouri Arts Council Trust, the U.S. Selective Service, Logan University, and the Betty Jean Kerr People's Health Center of St. Louis. Peters holds the rank of Major of . Peters is currently the director of the St. Louis Labor Council AFL–CIO.
Peters is unmarried and is a Roman Catholic.

Elections

Political offices