Samuel Ritter Peters (August 16, 1842 – April 21, 1910) was a lawyer, newspaper editor, and U.S. Representative from Kansas.

Enlisted in the Union Army as a private in Company E, Seventy-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in October 1861 and was mustered out in June 1865, having held successively the ranks of sergeant, second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and captain.

Peters was elected a member of the Kansas State Senate in 1874 and served until his resignation in March 1875.

He was appointed and subsequently elected judge of the ninth judicial district and served from 1875 until 1883, when he resigned.

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