Charles D. Carter

Charles David Carter ( born August 16, 1868 in Atoka County, Oklahoma, † April 9, 1929 in Ardmore, Oklahoma ) was an American politician. Between 1907 and 1915 he represented the fourth and 1915-1927 the third electoral district of the state of Oklahoma in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Charles Carter was born in the Indian Territory of Choctawstammes. He later moved with his father in the border area with the Chickasaw Indians. He attended local schools and Chickasaw Indians Manual Training Academy. Between 1887 and 1889 he worked on a ranch; then he worked in the trade. By 1895, he was employed in the administration of Indian territory. In 1897 he was inspector in this area. In November 1900 Carter was appointed by U.S. President William McKinley to the mining commissioner in the Indian Territory of Oklahoma Territory. This office he held for four years.

Carter was a member of the Democratic Party. In his homeland, he soon rose to the executive of the party. After the founding of the state of Oklahoma Carter was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington. This mandate he entered on 16 November, 1907. After several re- elections he could represent the fourth electoral district of the state until March 3, 1915 at the House of Representatives. In the 1914 elections, Carter ran in the third district for which he entered in the following years in the Congress. Overall, Carter was between 16 November 1907, and the March 3, 1927 Member of Congress. He was meanwhile chairman of the Indian Committee.

For the elections of 1926, Carter was not nominated by his party. After that, he was from 1927 to 1929 member of the Roads Authority ( Highway Commission ) of Oklahoma. Charles Carter died in April 1929 and was buried in Ardmore.