Peter Edmund Martin (1882–1944) was a leading early production executive of the Ford Motor Company.
[1] Martin was hired by close Henry Ford associate C. Harold Wills on December 15, 1903, and at that time was the company's fifth employee.
On May 31, 1929 Ed Martin signed a contract between the Ford Motor Company and the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy of the USSR for the purpose of building tractors in Russia.
According to the June 15, 1935 newspaper "Detroit Saturday Night," Peter E. Martin was in charge of the Rouge plant.
Time magazine reported in its January 18, 1937 issue that Henry Ford drew dividends but no salary, while son Edsel's $100,378 was topped by Vice President Peter.
he died in Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit Michigan from complications of cancer at age 61-62 years