Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te papa o Peterson, ko Donald Peterson, he kaiarahi rongonui i te Rōpū Manapori o Wisconsin i nga tau 1960 me nga tau 70. I ārahi ia i te rōpū o te kāwanatanga ki te
1968 Democratic National Convention i Chicago, i reira i tautoko ai ia i te kaitono whakahee i te pakanga a Eugene McCarthy ka uru atu ki nga whakahe i waho o te waahi. I muri mai ka rere a Donald Peterson i te kaupapa tuatahi a te Manapori mo te pooti kawana o Wisconsin i te tau 1970, engari i hinga ia e te toa whakamutunga a Patrick Lucey.