Peter Wallace Rodino, Jr. (born 1909) was a Democratic member of the House of Representatives, first elected from New Jersey's 10th Congressional District in 1948 and finally retiring in 1988. He was chair of the House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee during two historic events: when it held hearings on the confirmation of Gerald Ford as vice president in 1973 and when it approved three articles of impeachment against President Richard M. Nixon in 1974.

Peter Wallace Rodino, Jr. was born June 7, 1909, in Newark, New Jersey, a city that was his life-long home base. His parents were Peter and Margaret (Gerard) Rodino. A product of the local schools, he graduated from the New Jersey School of Law (which later became Rutgers University), earning the LL.B. degree in 1937. He was admitted to the New Jersey State Bar shortly thereafter and practiced law in Newark.

Rodino volunteered for military service during World War II in...