William Leighton Carss

William Leighton Carss (* February 15, 1865 in Pella, Marion County, Iowa, † May 31, 1931 in Duluth, Minnesota ) was an American politician. Between 1919 and 1929 he represented twice the state of Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1867 William Carss moved with his parents to Des Moines. There he attended the public schools. Then he studied engineering. In the following years he worked in this industry. In 1893, Carss moved to Proctor in Minnesota. There he worked in locomotive.

Politically, he was a member at the time of the Union Labor Party, from which then was the Farmer-Labor Party. In the congressional elections of 1918, he was appointed as their candidate in the eighth constituency of Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Clarence B. Miller on March 4, 1919. Since he Republican Oscar Larson defeated in the elections of 1920, he was initially able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1921. At this time there the 18th and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution were adopted. It was about the prohibition of alcohol trade and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage.

In 1924, Carss was chosen as the candidate of the Farmer-Labor Party again in Congress. So that he could replace Oscar Larson back on March 4, 1925. After a re-election he was able to March 3, 1929 two legislative periods spent in the House of Representatives. Both in 1928 and in 1930 he lost in the congressional elections against William Pittenger. After the end of his time in Congress, William Carss worked again in locomotive in Proctor. He died on 31 May 1931 in Duluth.