Timothy J. Carter

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Timothy Jarvis Carter (born August 18, 1800 in Bethel , Massachusetts , † March 14, 1838 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1837 and 1838 he represented the state of Maine in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Timothy Carter was born in 1800 in Bethel, which was then part of Massachusetts and became part of the newly created state of Maine in 1820. He attended the public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree in Northampton and his admission as a lawyer in 1826, he began to practice in Rumford in this profession. In 1827 he moved to Paris (Maine), where he also worked as a lawyer.

In 1833 he was employed with the Maine Senate Administration. Carter was a district attorney between 1833 and 1837. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional election of 1836 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the fifth constituency of Maine, where he took up his new mandate on September 4, 1837. He was only able to exercise this until his death on March 14, 1838. He was buried in the Congress Cemetery in the federal capital Washington.

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personal data
SURNAME Carter, Timothy J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carter, Timothy Jarvis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Bethel , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 1838
Place of death Washington, DC