Vincent Michael Carter[a] (November 6, 1891 – December 30, 1972) was a United States representative from Wyoming.
Vincent Carter | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wyoming's At-large district | |
In office March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1935 | |
Preceded by | Charles E. Winter |
Succeeded by | Paul R. Greever |
14th Wyoming State Auditor | |
In office 1923–1929 | |
Governor | William B. Ross Frank E. Lucas Nellie Tayloe Ross Frank C. Emerson |
Preceded by | Ishmael C. Jefferis |
Succeeded by | Roscoe Alcorn |
Personal details | |
Born | St. Clair, Pennsylvania, US | November 6, 1891
Died | December 30, 1972 Albuquerque, New Mexico, US | (aged 81)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Helen K. Carlson (m. 1921) Mary Catherine Crowley (m. 1929) |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | Fordham University Columbus School of Law |
Occupation | Attorney |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States Wyoming |
Branch/service | Marine Corps Wyoming Army National Guard |
Years of service | 1917–1919 (Marine Corps) 1919–1921 (National Guard) |
Rank | First Lieutenant (Marine Corps) Captain (National Guard) |
Unit | 8th Marine Regiment (Marine Corps) |
Commands | Troop A, 58th Machine Gun Squadron (National Guard) |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Carter was born in St. Clair, Pennsylvania on November 6, 1891, a son of William Joseph Carter and Julia Ann (Clarke) Carter.[1][2] He moved with his parents to Pottsville in 1893.[3] He attended public schools, the United States Naval Academy Preparatory School, and Fordham University.[3]
During World War I he served in the United States Marine Corps as a first lieutenant assigned to the 8th Marine Regiment.[3] After the war, he helped organize the Wyoming Army National Guard's Troop A, 58th Machine Gun Squadron, which he commanded with the rank of captain from 1919 to 1921.[1][4]
Carter was admitted to the bar in 1919, and commenced practice in Casper, Wyoming.[3] He moved to Kemmerer, Wyoming in 1929 and continued the practice of law, serving as deputy attorney general of Wyoming from 1919 to 1923.[1] In 1922, Carter was elected Wyoming State Auditor, and he was re-elected in 1926.[1]
In 1928, Carter was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first and to the two succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1929 to January 3, 1935; he was not a candidate for renomination in 1934, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the U.S. Senate.[3] In 1930, Carter received his LL.B. degree from He graduated in 1915 from Catholic University's Columbus School of Law in Washington, D.C.[5] After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law in Cheyenne, retiring in 1965; he was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1936 and 1940.[3]
Carter retired in 1965.[6] He died in Albuquerque, New Mexico on December 30, 1972.[6] He was buried at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Albuquerque.[6]
In 1921, Carter married Helen K. Carlson.[7] She died in 1926, and in 1929 he married Mary Catherine Crowley.[2]