Terry Carpenter

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Terry McGovern Carpenter (born March 28, 1900 in Cedar Rapids , Iowa , † April 27, 1978 in Scottsbluff , Nebraska ) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1935 he represented the fifth constituency of the state of Nebraska in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Terry Carpenter attended Cedar Rapids public schools. In 1916 he moved to Scottsbluff, Nebraska, where he worked in various positions with a railroad company. In 1922 and 1923 he sold tobacco products and sweets. In 1923 he moved to Long Beach , California . There he was in charge of the gas and water supply for the municipal utilities. In 1927 he returned to Scottsbluff and ran a car repair shop and coal trade. Terry Carpenter served as a major in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II from 1942 to 1945 .

Carpenter's political career was marked by a total of five party changes between the Democratic and Republican parties . In 1931 he ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Scottsbluff. In the congressional elections of 1932 he was elected as a Democrat in the fifth district of Nebraska in the US House of Representatives, where he replaced Ashton Shallenberger on March 4, 1933 . Since he refused to run again in the 1934 elections, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until January 3, 1935 .

In 1934 Carpenter applied unsuccessfully within the Democratic Party for the nomination for the office of governor of Nebraska. In the following decades he ran in vain for further political offices. In 1936, 1942, 1948, 1954 and 1972 he tried unsuccessfully to enter the US Senate . In most cases, he has already missed the nomination of his respective party. He was only a candidate in 1948, but was defeated in the elections. In 1940, 1950 and 1960 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the office of governor of Nebraska, and in 1938 and 1974 his two attempts to be elected at least lieutenant governor failed . Between 1953 and 1974 he was an intermittent member of the Nebraska Legislature .

Web links

  • Terry Carpenter in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Carpenter, Terry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carpenter, Terry McGovern (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Cedar Rapids
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 1978
Place of death Scottsbluff , Nebraska