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Timothy Jarvis Carter (August 18, 1800 – March 14, 1838) was a
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from
Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...
. He was born in
Bethel Bethel ( he, בֵּית אֵל, translit=Bēṯ 'Ēl, "House of El" or "House of God",Bleeker and Widegren, 1988, p. 257. also transliterated ''Beth El'', ''Beth-El'', ''Beit El''; el, Βαιθήλ; la, Bethel) was an ancient Israelite sanct ...
in the Maine district of
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on August 18, 1800. He attended the town schools of Bethel, studied law in
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, was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in
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. He moved to
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in 1827 and continued the practice of law. He was appointed secretary of the
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in 1833, was a county attorney 1833–1837. He was elected as a
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to the Twenty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1837, until his death in Washington, D.C. on March 14, 1838. Carter's siblings included Luther C. Carter, who also served in Congress.


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1800 births 1838 deaths People from Bethel, Maine American people of English descent Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maine Democratic Party Maine state senators County district attorneys in Maine 19th-century American politicians {{Maine-politician-stub