Carter Burden

{{Short description|American politician (1941–1996)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Carter Burden

| image =

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| office1 = Member of New York City Council

| constituency1 = 4th district (1970{{emdash}}73)
7th district (1974{{emdash}}77)

| term_start1 = January 1, 1970

| term_end1 = December 31, 1977

| predecessor1 = Robert A. Low

| successor1 = Jane B. Trichter

| birth_name = Shirley Carter Burden Jr.

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|8|25}}

| birth_place = Beverly Hills, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|1|23|1941|8|25}}

| death_place = New York City, U.S.

| party = Democratic

| spouse = {{Indented_plainlist|

• {{marriage|Amanda Burden
  |June 13, 1964|1972|reason=div}}
• {{marriage|Susan Lombaer|1977}}

}}

| relations = Shirley Burden (father)

| education = Harvard University (BA)
Columbia Law School (LLB)

}}

Shirley Carter Burden Jr. (August 25, 1941 – January 23, 1996) was an American politician who served in the New York City Council from 1970 to 1977.{{cite web|author=Thomas Meehan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/11/07/archives/the-carter-burden-question-can-a-rich-handsome-young-member-of-the.html |title=The Carter Burden question—Can a rich, handsome young member of the Jet Set from Dry Dock Country find happiness as a reform machine pol? |work=The New York Times |date=1971-11-07 |accessdate=2019-06-20}}{{cite web|author=Carey Winfrey |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/01/25/archives/burden-gains-in-stature-despite-his-loss-points-of-criticism.html |title=Burden Gains in Stature Despite His Loss |work=The New York Times |date=1978-01-25 |accessdate=2019-06-20}} He was a great-great-great-grandson of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt.

Burden received his B.A. from Harvard University and his LL.B. from Columbia Law School.

Burden was one of many owners of The Village Voice.{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/12/nyregion/dan-wolf-80-a-village-voice-founder-dies.html | title=Dan Wolf, 80, a Village Voice Founder, Dies | work=The New York Times | date=12 April 1996 | last1=Gelder | first1=Lawrence Van }}

He founded The Carter Burden Center for the Aging (now named The Carter Burden Network) to assist older residents of the Upper East Side(the area he represented on the City Council) in 1971.{{cite web| url = https://www.carterburdennetwork.org/history| title = History|website = carterburdennetwork.org| publisher = Carter Burden Network| access-date = 2024-08-02}}

He died on January 23, 1996, in Manhattan, New York City, at age 54.{{cite web|author=Lawrence Van Gelder |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/24/nyregion/carter-burden-progressive-patrician-54-dies.html |title=Carter Burden, Progressive Patrician, 54, Dies |work=The New York Times |date=1996-01-24 |accessdate=2019-06-20}}