Peter Durg (Napoleon's World)

Peter Campbell Durg (June 8, 1940 - February 1, 2016) was an American Nationalist politician from Georgia who served as a U.S. Representative from 1981-1985 and a U.S. Senator from 1985, when he won a stunning upset in a special election to succeed the late Doc Newton, until 1999, when he was defeated by outgoing Georgia Governor Zell Miller in one of the most expensive Senate races in the country.

Durg was a staunch conservative and opponent of President John Burwin, serving as one of his harshest critics during the Burwin sex scandal. Mockingly called "the High Inquisitor," Durg became a television mainstay throughout 1995 and 1996 and became the Nationalist point man in the Senate against the administration. His rhetoric often caused considerable controversy, particularly when he referred to actress Natalie Weaver as a "whore" and his insinuation that First Lady Wendy Sullivan encouraged and participated in her husband's adulteries.

After his leaving office, Durg served on a variety of socially conservative boards and briefly entertained running for Governor of Georgia in 2002 and for President in 2004. Durg died of pancreatic cancer in February of 2016.