Albert E. Carter
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Albert Edward Carter was a United States Representative from California
. He was born in Lemoncove, near Visalia, Tulare County, California
. He attended the public schools was graduated from San Jose State Normal School in 1903. He taught school six years and then was graduated from the law department of the University of California, Berkeley
in 1913. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Oakland, California
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Carter was a representative of the United States War Department Commission on Training Camps from 1917-1919. He was an attorney for the California State Board of Pharmacy in 1920 and 1921 and commissioner of public works of Oakland 1921-1925 and in 1923 initiated the plan for a comprehensive development of the harbor on the east side of San Francisco Bay
. He was the president of the Pacific Coast Association of Port Authorities. He was elected as a Republican
to the Sixty-ninth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925 - January 3, 1945). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in California and Washington, D.C.
and died in Oakland, California in 1964. He was buried in Home of Peace Cemetery, Porterville, California
.
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. He was born in Lemoncove, near Visalia, Tulare County, California
Tulare County, California
Tulare County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, south of Fresno. Sequoia National Park is located in the county, as are part of Kings Canyon National Park, in its northeast corner , and part of Mount Whitney, on its eastern border...
. He attended the public schools was graduated from San Jose State Normal School in 1903. He taught school six years and then was graduated from the law department of the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
in 1913. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
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Carter was a representative of the United States War Department Commission on Training Camps from 1917-1919. He was an attorney for the California State Board of Pharmacy in 1920 and 1921 and commissioner of public works of Oakland 1921-1925 and in 1923 initiated the plan for a comprehensive development of the harbor on the east side of San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean...
. He was the president of the Pacific Coast Association of Port Authorities. He was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
to the Sixty-ninth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925 - January 3, 1945). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in California and Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
and died in Oakland, California in 1964. He was buried in Home of Peace Cemetery, Porterville, California
Porterville, California
Porterville is a city in the San Joaquin Valley, in Tulare County, California, United States. Porterville's population was 54,165 at the 2010 census. The city's population grew dramatically as the city annexed many properties and unincorporated areas in and around Porterville. Not included in the...
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