John Prentiss Carter

John Prentiss Carter (born February 7, 1840 in New Augusta , Perry County , Mississippi , †  July 23, 1925 ) was an American politician . Between 1904 and 1908 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Mississippi.

Career

John Carter attended Salem High School in Greene County until 1857 . He then graduated from Centenary College in Louisiana . During the Civil War he was a lieutenant in the Confederation Army . He took part in several battles and was eventually captured, in which he remained until the end of the war in 1865. After a subsequent law degree and his license to practice law in 1866, he began to work in this profession in Mississippi. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1865, 1866, 1867, and 1888 ; in the years 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878 and 1880 he was a member of the State Senate . In 1865 and 1890 he also took part as a delegate to two constitutional conventions of his state. He was also a district attorney in Perry County from 1867 to 1869.

In November 1903, Carter was elected lieutenant governor of Mississippi alongside James K. Vardaman . He held this office between 1904 and 1908. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate. He was also a member of several organizations and associations. Among other things, he was President of the Hattiesburg Board of Trade and the Hattiesburg National Bank of Commerce . Since December 24, 1868, Carter was married to Margaret C. McCullum, with whom he had four children. He died on July 23, 1925.

Web links

• John Prentiss Carter in the database of Find a Grave (English)