Cap R. Carden

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Cap R. Carden

|image = Cap R. Carden (Kentucky Congressman).jpg

|alt =

|caption = Frontispiece of 1936's Cap Robert Carden, Late a Representative

|office = Member of the United States House of Representatives

|term_start = March 4, 1931

|term_end = June 13, 1935

|predecessor = John D. Craddock

|successor = Edward W. Creal

|constituency = Kentucky's 4th congressional district (1931–1933, 1935)
Kentucky's at-large congressional district (1933–1935)

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1866|12|17}}

|birth_place = Munfordville, Kentucky, US

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1935|6|13|1866|12|17}}

|death_place = Louisville, Kentucky, US

|resting_place = Munfordville Cemetery, Munfordville, Kentucky, US

|party = Democratic

|spouse = Mamie Hubbard Carden (m. 1900)

|children = 2

|education = Bowling Green Business and Normal School (attended)

|profession = Attorney

}}

Cap Robert Carden (December 17, 1866 – June 13, 1935) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

Carden was born on a farm near Munfordville, Kentucky on December 17, 1866, a son of William P. Carden and Frances M. (King) Carden.{{cite book |author=Joint Committee On Printing, US House of Representatives |date=1933 |title=Official Congressional Directory |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tat3T45rScsC&pg=PA37 |location=Washington, DC |publisher=US Government Printing Office |page=37 |via=Google Books}} Carden attended the rural schools and Bowling Green (Kentucky) Business and Normal School (now Western Kentucky University).{{cite book |author=Joint Committee On Printing, U.S. Congress |date=1950 |title=Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JrXYvgrwkM0C&pg=PA1033 |location=Washington, DC |publisher=US Government Printing Office |page=1033 |via=Google Books}} He taught school for several years, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1895 and commenced practice in Munfordville, Kentucky. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits and in banking. He was sheriff of Hart County from 1887 to 1890. He was elected county attorney of Hart County in 1890 and served from 1891 to 1894. He served as master commissioner of the circuit court of Hart County from 1900 to 1915.

Carden was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second, Seventy-third, and Seventy-fourth Congresses and served from March 4, 1931, until his death in Louisville, Kentucky, on June 13, 1935. He was interred in Munfordville Cemetery, Munfordville, Kentucky.