William Blount Carter
| William Blount Carter | |
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| United States Representative | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 1st district |
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| In office March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1841 |
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| Born | October 22, 1792 Elizabethton, Tennessee |
| Died | April 17, 1848 Elizabethton, Tennessee |
| Political party | Anti-Jacksonian |
| Profession | soldier
politician |
William Blount Carter was an American politician who represented Tennessee's first district in the United States House of Representatives.
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Biography [edit]
Carter was born in Elizabethton, Tennessee on October 22, 1792. He attended the public schools and served as a colonel in the United States Army during the War of 1812.
Career [edit]
Carter served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives and he served in the Tennessee Senate. He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1834 and served as its presiding officer.[1]
Carter was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth United States Congress and as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses. He served as a U.S. Representative from March 4, 1835 to March 3, 1841.[2]
Death [edit]
Carter died in Elizabethton, Tennessee on April 17, 1848 (age 55 years, 178 days). He is interred at the Carter Cemetery at Elizabethton.[3]
References [edit]
- ^ "William Blount Carter". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
- ^ "William Blount Carter". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
- ^ "William Blount Carter". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
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