Peter W. Breene was the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Colorado

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. He was a Republican

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 and served from 1885 to 1887 under Governor Benjamin Harrison Eaton

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Breene was born in August, 1846 in Kilkenny

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, Leinster

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, Ireland

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. He immigrated to Indiana

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 and became a miner. He moved to Leadville, Colorado

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 in 1877 and amassed a fortune in mining. He became an organizer and leader among the miners. He served in the United States House of Representatives

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in 1883-1885, as lieutenant governor from 1885 to 1887, and as the Colorado State Treasurer from 1887 to 1889. He died December 24, 1926 in Leadville.