Randolph Carpenter

William Randolph Carpenter ( born April 24, 1894 in Marion, Marion County, Kansas; † July 26, 1956 in Topeka, Kansas ) was an American politician. Between 1933 and 1937 he represented the fourth electoral district of the state of Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Randolph Carpenter attended the common schools and then studied until 1917 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor Jura. After his were made in the same year admitted to the bar he began in Marion to work in his new profession. He also managed the family-owned farm. During World War II he was employed since the beginning of 1918 as a soldier in an infantry regiment in France. He was involved in the Meuse -Argonne offensive, reaching the rank of first lieutenant. Carpenter remained until his honorable discharge on May 8, 1919 in the military.

Carpenter was a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1925 and 1933 he sat in the council of the city of Marion; 1929-1933 he was a deputy in the House of Representatives from Kansas. In 1932 he was in the fourth district of Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of the Republican Homer high on 4 March 1933. His election victory was part of a nationwide trend in favor of the Democrats, which culminated in the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt as U.S. president. After a re-election in 1934, Carpenter was able to complete up to January 3, 1937 two terms in the U.S. Congress. In 1936 he gave up another candidacy. During his time in the House, many of the New Deal laws were discussed and approved in Congress.

After the end of his time in Congress Carpenter again worked as a lawyer. Between 1945 and 1948 he was United States Attorney for the District of Kansas. In 1948 he ran unsuccessfully for the post of governor of Kansas. Between 1950 and 1952 he was a member of the Federal Authority United States Motor Carrier Claims Commission. The Helen Frances Williams (1896-1994) married politician died on July 26, 1956 in Topeka, capital of Kansas, and was buried in Marion.

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