Wooda Nicholas Carr (February 6, 1871 – June 28, 1953) was a Democratic member of the

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from

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. His son was the mystery novelist

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. Wooda N. Carr was born in

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(now a part of

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). He attended the public schools and Madison College. He graduated from

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, in 1891. He was editor of the '' Uniontown News'' and the '' Uniontown Democrat'' in 1892. He studied law, was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1895 and commenced practice in Uniontown. He was a delegate to the Democratic State conventions in 1898, 1899, 1900, and 1904. Carr was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in

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. He resumed the practice of law and was appointed postmaster of

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, in 1934 and served until his retirement in 1947. He died in Uniontown. Interment in Oak Grove Cemetery.

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