Ezra Child Carleton (September 6, 1838 – July 24, 1911) was a

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from the 7th district of Michigan. Carleton was born in

St. Clair, Michigan St. Clair is a city in St. Clair County in the eastern "Thumb" of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,485 at the 2010 census. The city is located on the St. Clair River near the southeast corner of St. Clair Township. Geography *Ac ...

, where he attended the common schools and graduated from the

Port Huron High School Port Huron High School (PHHS) was founded in 1868, and has been in continuous operation as a secondary school in Port Huron, Michigan since then. PHHS athletic teams competed in the ''Eastern Michigan League'' (EML) until the 1990s; upon dissolu ...

in 1859. He engaged in business as a hardware merchant in

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and served as mayor of Port Huron in 1881 and 1882. Carleton was elected as a

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to the 48th and 49th Congresses, serving from March 4, 1883, until March 3, 1887, in the

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representing

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. He was succeeded in office by Democrat

Justin Rice Whiting Justin Rice Whiting (February 18, 1847 – January 31, 1903) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Whiting was born in Bath, New York, and moved to Michigan in 1849 with his parents, who settled in St. Clair, Michigan. He attende ...

. After leaving congress in 1887, Carleton returned to his former mercantile pursuits in Port Huron. He was the Democratic candidate for the 7th District in the election of 1894, losing to Republican

Horace G. Snover Horace Greeley Snover (September 21, 1847 – July 21, 1924) was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan. Biography Horace Greeley Snover was born 21 September 1847 in the then village of Romeo, Michigan, Romeo in Macomb County, M ...

. Carleton died in Port Huron and is interred there in Lakeside Cemetery.

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