[1] He pursued classical studies and attended the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, for one year, before resigning due to poor health.

[2] He studied law with Vermont Supreme Court Justice Samuel Prentiss,[2] and was admitted to the bar in 1825.

[7] Appointed by President Franklin Pierce, Peck served as the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont from 1853 until 1857.

Peck died on December 28, 1866, in Lowell, Massachusetts, and is interred in Green Mount Cemetery in Montpelier.

[9] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress