Milton Robert Carr

Milton Robert Carr

Milton Robert "Bob" Carr (born March 27, 1943 in Janesville , Wisconsin ) is an American politician . Between 1975 and 1995 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives twice .

Career

Milton Carr attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1965 at the University of Wisconsin – Madison . After completing a law degree at the same university and being admitted to the bar in 1969, he began working in his new profession in Lansing (Michigan). From 1970 to 1972 he was the Assistant Attorney General of Michigan. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

In the 1974 congressional elections , he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Michigan , where he succeeded Charles E. Chamberlain on January 3, 1975 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1981 . At that time he was a member of the armed forces committee. In the 1980 elections he was defeated by Republican James Whitney Dunn . Two years later, he managed to win his mandate back from Dunn. After five re-elections, he was able to spend six more terms in Congress between January 3, 1983 and January 3, 1995. Since 1993 he has represented the eighth district of Michigan as the successor to J. Bob Traxler . Carr was at times a member of the Budget Committee and the Transportation Subcommittee.

In 1994, Carr waived in favor of a then unsuccessful candidacy for the US Senate on a possible re-election to the House of Representatives. Since 2005 he has worked for a Washington law firm and as a lobbyist.

Web links

• Milton Robert Carr in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)