Pete Jarman

Peterson Bryant ″Pete″ Jarman was a U.S. representative from Alabama.

Early life

Born in Greensboro, Alabama, Jarman attended the public schools, the Normal College, Livingston, Alabama, and Southern University, Greensboro, Alabama. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1913, and attended the University of Montpellier, France, in 1919, after which he served as clerk in probate office in Sumter County, Alabama, from 1913 to 1917.

During the First World War, Jarman served overseas as second and first lieutenant in the 327th [Infantry Regiment (United States)|327th Infantry Regiment]. He served in the Alabama National Guard as inspector general with rank of major in 1922–1924, and as division inspector of the 31st Infantry Division with rank of lieutenant colonel in 1924–1940.

Jarman served as assistant State examiner of accounts in 1919–1930, and as Secretary of State of Alabama in 1931–1934. He served as assistant State comptroller in 1935 and 1936. He was a member of the State Democratic executive committee of Alabama in 1927–1930.
Jarman was elected as a Democrat to the 75th [United States Congress|Seventy-fifth] and to the five succeeding Congresses. He served as chairman of the Committee on Memorials. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1948.
A confidential 1943 analysis of the United States [House Committee on Foreign Affairs|House Foreign Affairs Committee] by Isaiah Berlin for the British Foreign Office described Jarman as
He was appointed by President Harry S. Truman as Ambassador to Australia on June 8, 1949, and served until July 31, 1953. He died in Washington, D.C., on February 17, 1955, and was interred in Arlington National Cemetery.