Charles D. Carter
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Charles David Carter was a U.S. Representative
from Oklahoma
.
Born near Boggy Depot
, Choctaw Nation
, Indian Territory
(now Oklahoma
), Carter moved with his father to Mill Creek, a stage stand on the western frontier of the Chickasaw Nation, in April 1876.
He attended the Indian day schools and Chickasaw Manual Training Academy at Tishomingo.
He was employed on a ranch from 1887 to 1889 and in a mercantile establishment in Ardmore, Oklahoma
, from 1889 to 1892.
Auditor of public accounts of the Chickasaw Nation 1892-1894.
He served as member of the Chickasaw Council in 1895.
Superintendent of schools of the Chickasaw Nation in 1897.
He was appointed mining trustee of Indian Territory by President McKinley in November 1900 and served four years.
Secretary of the first Democratic executive committee of the proposed State of Oklahoma from June to December 1906.
Upon the admission of Oklahoma as a State into the Union was elected as a Democrat
to the Sixtieth and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served from November 16, 1907, to March 3, 1927.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs (Sixty-fifth Congress).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1926.
He served as member of the State highway commission 1927-1929.
He died in Ardmore, Oklahoma
, April 9, 1929.
He was interred in Rose Hill Cemetery.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
.
Born near Boggy Depot
Boggy Depot, Oklahoma
Boggy Depot is a ghost town and Oklahoma State Park that was formerly a significant city in the Indian Territory. It grew as a vibrant and thriving town in present day Atoka County, Oklahoma, United States and became a major trading center on the Texas Road and the Butterfield Overland Mail route...
, Choctaw Nation
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma is a semi-autonomous Native American homeland comprising twelve tribal districts. The Choctaw Nation maintains a special relationship with both the United States and Oklahoma governments...
, Indian Territory
Indian Territory
The Indian Territory, also known as the Indian Territories and the Indian Country, was land set aside within the United States for the settlement of American Indians...
(now Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
), Carter moved with his father to Mill Creek, a stage stand on the western frontier of the Chickasaw Nation, in April 1876.
He attended the Indian day schools and Chickasaw Manual Training Academy at Tishomingo.
He was employed on a ranch from 1887 to 1889 and in a mercantile establishment in Ardmore, Oklahoma
Ardmore, Oklahoma
Ardmore is a business, cultural and tourism city in and the county seat of Carter County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a population of 24,283, while a 2007 estimate has the Ardmore micropolitan statistical area totaling 56,694 residents...
, from 1889 to 1892.
Auditor of public accounts of the Chickasaw Nation 1892-1894.
He served as member of the Chickasaw Council in 1895.
Superintendent of schools of the Chickasaw Nation in 1897.
He was appointed mining trustee of Indian Territory by President McKinley in November 1900 and served four years.
Secretary of the first Democratic executive committee of the proposed State of Oklahoma from June to December 1906.
Upon the admission of Oklahoma as a State into the Union was elected as a Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
to the Sixtieth and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served from November 16, 1907, to March 3, 1927.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs (Sixty-fifth Congress).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1926.
He served as member of the State highway commission 1927-1929.
He died in Ardmore, Oklahoma
Ardmore, Oklahoma
Ardmore is a business, cultural and tourism city in and the county seat of Carter County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a population of 24,283, while a 2007 estimate has the Ardmore micropolitan statistical area totaling 56,694 residents...
, April 9, 1929.
He was interred in Rose Hill Cemetery.