Vincent Carter

Vincent Michael Carter ( born November 6, 1891 in St. Clair, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, † December 30, 1972 in Albuquerque, New Mexico ) was an American politician. Between 1929 and 1935 he represented the state of Wyoming in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years and political rise

Drawn in the 1893 Vincent Carter with his parents to Pottsville. There he attended the public schools. He attended preparatory school to the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and the Fordham University in New York City. Finally, he studied at the Catholic University in Washington until 1915 Jura. During World War II he served in the Marine Corps of the U.S. armed forces. After the war, he obtained his admission to the bar in 1919. Then he started in Casper to work in his new profession. In the same year he moved to Kemmerer, where he also worked as a lawyer.

Political career

Vincent Carter was a member of the Republican Party, the Republican National Convention he attended between 1936 and 1940 as a delegate. Between 1919 and 1921 he held the rank of captain in the militia of Wyoming, at the same time he was until 1923 Deputy Attorney General of that State. Between 1923 and 1929 he was head of the Court as State Auditor. In the congressional elections of 1928 he was elected to succeed Charles E. Winter in the U.S. House of Representatives. There he represented in three legislative periods between 4 March 1929 and January 3, 1935, the interests of Wyoming. In 1934, he did not stand for re-election. Instead, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. Senate.

Further CV

After the end of his time in Congress, Carter worked as a lawyer in Cheyenne. In 1965, he withdrew into retirement. Vincent Carter died in December 1972 in New Mexico.