Charles D. Carter

Charles D. Carter

Charles David Carter (born August 16, 1868 in Atoka County , Oklahoma , † April 9, 1929 in Ardmore , Oklahoma) was an American politician . Between 1907 and 1915 he represented the fourth and from 1915 to 1927 the third constituency of the state of Oklahoma in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Carter was born in the Indian Territory of the Choctaw tribe . He later moved with his father to the border area with the Chickasaw Indians. He attended local Indian schools and the Chickasaw Manual Training Academy . Between 1887 and 1889 he was employed on a ranch; after that he worked in trade. Until 1895 he was employed in the administration of the Indian territory. In 1897 he became a school councilor in this area. In November 1900, Carter was appointed Mining Commissioner in the Indian Territory of the Oklahoma Territory by US President William McKinley . He held this office for four years.

Carter became a member of the Democratic Party . In his home country he soon rose to the party's executive committee. After the founding of Oklahoma, Carter was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington . He took up this mandate on November 16, 1907. After a few re-elections, he was able to represent the fourth electoral district of the state in the House of Representatives until March 3, 1915. In the elections of 1914 Carter ran in the third district, for which he moved in the following years in Congress . Overall, Carter was a member of Congress between November 16, 1907 and March 3, 1927. There he was temporarily chairman of the Indian committee.

Carter was no longer nominated by his party for the 1926 election. He was then from 1927 to 1929 a member of the Highway Commission of Oklahoma. Charles Carter died in April 1929 and was buried in Ardmore.

Web links

• Charles D. Carter in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles D. Carter in the database of Find a Grave (English)