Vincent Michael Carter (November 6, 1891 – December 30, 1972) was a
United States representative
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from
Wyoming
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.
Born in
St. Clair, Pennsylvania, he moved with his parents to
Pottsville in 1893. He attended public schools, the
United States Naval Academy Preparatory School, and
Fordham University. He graduated in 1915 from
Catholic University's
Columbus School of Law
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in
Washington, D.C.
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During
World War I
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he served in the
United States Marine Corps
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as a lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment, Third Brigade, and was a captain in the
Wyoming Army National Guard
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from 1919 to 1921.
Carter was admitted to the bar in 1919, and commenced practice in
Casper, Wyoming. He moved to
Kemmerer, Wyoming
Kemmerer is the largest city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States. Its population was 2,656 at the 2010 census.
History
Explorer John C. Frémont discovered coal in the area during his second expedition in 1843. The ...
in 1929 and continued the practice of law, serving as deputy
attorney general of Wyoming from 1919 to 1923. In
1922
Events
January
* January 7 – Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes.
* January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éireann, the day after Éamon de Valera ...
, Carter was elected Wyoming State Auditor, and he was re-elected in
1926
Events January
* January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece.
* January 8
**Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
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.
Carter was elected as a
Republican
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to the
Seventy-first and to the two succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1929 to January 3, 1935; he was not a candidate for renomination in 1934, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the
U.S. Senate
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. He resumed the practice of law in Cheyenne, retiring in 1965; he was a delegate to the
Republican National Conventions in 1936 and 1940.
Carter died in
Albuquerque, New Mexico; interment was in Albuquerque's Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
References
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See also
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1891 births
1972 deaths
People from St. Clair, Pennsylvania
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Wyoming
State Auditors of Wyoming
People from Kemmerer, Wyoming
20th-century American politicians
Fordham University alumni
Columbus School of Law alumni
United States Marine Corps officers
Military personnel from Pennsylvania
United States Marine Corps personnel of World War I