James Young Carter was a lawyer and state representative in Illinois. He was a Democrat.
From 1956 - 1972 he served in the
Illinois House of Representatives
The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the current constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 re ...
. He served a commissioner of the Public Vehicle Commission of Chicago from 1960-1975. In 1978 he was convicted of extortion and sentenced to seven years in prison.
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William L. Dawson (politician)
William Levi Dawson (April 26, 1886 – November 9, 1970) was an American politician and lawyer who represented a Chicago, Illinois district for more than 27 years in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1943 to his death i ...
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Democratic Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives
Illinois politicians convicted of crimes
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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