William Blount Carter (October 22, 1792 – April 17, 1848) was an American politician who represented Tennessee's first district in the United States House of Representatives.
William Blount Carter | |
|---|---|
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1841 | |
| Preceded by | John Blair |
| Succeeded by | Thomas D. Arnold |
| Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives | |
| Member of the Tennessee Senate | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 22, 1792 Elizabethton, Tennessee |
| Died | April 17, 1848 (aged 55) Elizabethton, Tennessee |
| Political party | Whig |
| Relations | Samuel P. Carter (nephew) Nathaniel G. Taylor (nephew) |
| Profession | soldier, politician |
Biography
editCarter 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
editCarter 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] He owned slaves.[3]
Death
editCarter died in Elizabethton, Tennessee on April 17, 1848 (age 55 years, 178 days). He is interred at the Carter Cemetery at Elizabethton.[4]
Family
editCarter was an uncle of General Samuel P. Carter and Congressman Nathaniel Green Taylor. Another nephew, also named William Blount Carter (1820–1902), was a prominent Southern Unionist and mastermind of the East Tennessee bridge burnings during the Civil War.[5]
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.
- ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, 2022-01-13, retrieved 2022-07-05
- ^ "William Blount Carter". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
- ^ Oliver Perry Temple, Mary Boyce Temple (ed.), "William Blount Carter," Notable Men of Tennessee (Cosmopolitan Press, 1912), pp. 88-89.
External links
edit- United States Congress. "William Blount Carter (id: C000204)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.