Charles D. Carter

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Charles Carter

|image = CharlesDCarter.jpg

|caption = Carter, 1905–1929

|state = Oklahoma

|constituency = {{ushr|OK|4|4th district}} (1907–1915)
{{ushr|OK|3|3rd district}} (1915–1927)

|term_start = November 16, 1907

|term_end = March 3, 1927

|predecessor = Constituency established

|successor = Wilburn Cartwright

|birth_name = Charles David Carter

|birth_date = {{birth date|1868|8|16}}

|birth_place = Boggy Depot, Indian Territory, U.S. (now Oklahoma)

|death_date = {{death date and age|1929|4|9|1868|8|16}}

|death_place = Ardmore, Oklahoma, U.S.

|spouse = Ada Wilson
Cecile Whittington Jones

|children = 4

|party = Democratic

|signature = Signature of Charles David Carter.png

}}

Charles David Carter (August 16, 1868 – April 9, 1929) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 4th and 3rd congressional districts from 1907 to 1927. He was appointed by President William McKinley as Mining Trustee for Indian Territory, which he served as from 1900 to 1904.

Carter was active in the Chickasaw Nation and served as its auditor, on the Chickasaw Council, and as superintendent of Chickasaw Schools.

Early life

Charles David Carter was 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. Carter was of Chickasaw and Cherokee descent.Lee, M. J. [https://www.politico.com/story/2012/05/7-pols-with-native-american-heritage-075924 "7 pols with Native American heritage."] Politico. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012. He attended the Indian day schools and Chickasaw Manual Training Academy at Tishomingo.

Carter was employed on a ranch from 1887 to 1889 and in a mercantile establishment in Ardmore, Oklahoma, from 1889 to 1892. He married Ada Gertrude Wilson on December 29, 1891 and they had four children, Stella LeFlore, Italy Cecil, Julia Josephine, and Benjamin Wisnor Carter, Jr. After Ada's death on January 30, 1901, he married Cecile Whittington Jones on January 8, 1911.{{cite web|title=Charles D. Carter|url=http://earnestlawrence.com/getperson.php?personID=I191002&tree=1&PHPSESSID=cdpfywxzjjwfa|publisher=Lawrence Stanley Family Genealogy|accessdate=24 May 2013}}

Public service

Carter served as auditor of public accounts of the Chickasaw Nation from 1892 to 1894, a member of the Chickasaw Council in 1895, then superintendent of schools of the Chickasaw Nation in 1897. He was appointed mining trustee of Indian Territory by President William McKinley in November 1900 and served four years.{{cite web|title=Charles D. Carter|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000196|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=24 May 2013}}

Carter was 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, he was elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth and to the nine succeeding Congresses, serving from November 16, 1907, to March 4, 1927.{{cite web|title=Charles D. Carter|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/charles_carter/402342|publisher=Govtrack US Congress|accessdate=24 May 2013}}

Carter served as chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs (Sixty-fifth Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1926. He was appointed to the State highway commission, serving 1927-1929.

Death

Carter died in Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma, on April 9, 1929. He is interred at Rose Hill Cemetery in Ardmore.{{cite web|title=Charles D. Carter|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carter2.html|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=24 May 2013}}

Electoral history

{{Election box begin no change|title=1907 Oklahoma's 4th congressional district election{{{Cite web |title=[1969] Directory of Oklahoma Part 1 (Pages 1-240) 138 |url=https://digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/collection/almanacs/id/36404/rec/1 |access-date=2023-07-25 |website=digitalprairie.ok.gov |language=en}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Charles D. Carter|votes=29,782|percentage=62.57}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Loren G. Disney|votes=15,752|percentage=33.09}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Socialist Party of America|candidate=J. T. Cumbie|votes=2,065|percentage=4.34}}{{Election box total no change|votes=47,599|percentage=100.00}}{{Election box new seat win|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=1908 Oklahoma's 4th congressional district election{{cite web | url=https://digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/collection/almanacs/id/36405/rec/1 | title=[1969] Directory of Oklahoma Part 1 (Pages 1-240) 139 }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Charles D. Carter (incumbent)|votes=22,047|percentage=50.63}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Benjamin F. Hackett|votes=15,727|percentage=36.12}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Socialist Party of America|candidate=M. C. Carter|votes=5,769|percentage=13.25}}{{Election box total no change|votes=43,543|percentage=100.00}}{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=1910 Democratic primary results {{cite web | url=https://digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/collection/almanacs/id/36407/rec/1 | title=[1969] Directory of Oklahoma Part 1 (Pages 1-240) 141 }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Charles D. Carter (incumbent)|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=18,732|percentage=80.20%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Ben Bouldin|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=4,625|percentage=19.80%}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=1910 Oklahoma's 4th congressional district election{{cite web | url=https://digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/collection/almanacs/id/36409/rec/1 | title=[1969] Directory of Oklahoma Part 1 (Pages 1-240) 143 }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Charles D. Carter (incumbent)|votes=21,959|percentage=55.63%}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Charles M. Campbell|votes=11,979|percentage=30.35%}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Socialist Party of America|candidate=J. N. Gilmore|votes=5,534|percentage=14.02%}}{{Election box total no change|votes=39,472|percentage=100.00}}{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=1912 Democratic primary results{{cite web | url=https://digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/collection/almanacs/id/36411/rec/1 | title=[1969] Directory of Oklahoma Part 1 (Pages 1-240) 145 }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Charles D. Carter|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=18,928|percentage=72.20%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=R. H. Stanley|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=5,716|percentage=21.80%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=J. J. Parsons|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=1,571|percentage=5.99%}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=1912 Oklahoma's 4th congressional district election{{cite web | url=https://digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/collection/almanacs/id/36412/rec/1 | title=[1969] Directory of Oklahoma Part 1 (Pages 1-240) 146 }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Charles D. Carter (incumbent)|votes=23,987|percentage=51.33%}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=E. N. Wright|votes=11,421|percentage=24.44%}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Socialist Party of America|candidate=Fred W. Holt|votes=11,321|percentage=24.23%}}{{Election box total no change|votes=46,729|percentage=100.00}}{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=1914 Oklahoma's 4th congressional district election{{cite web | url=https://digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/collection/almanacs/id/36418/rec/1 | title=[1969] Directory of Oklahoma Part 1 (Pages 1-240) 152 }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Charles D. Carter (incumbent)|votes=17,274|percentage=50.02%}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Socialist Party of America|candidate=R. L. Norman|votes=10,588|percentage=30.66%}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=C. H. Elting|votes=6,479|percentage=18.76%}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|candidate=Dudley B. Buell|votes=191|percentage=0.55%}}{{Election box total no change|votes=34,532|percentage=100.0}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=1916 Democratic primary results {{cite web | url=https://digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/collection/almanacs/id/36419/rec/1 | title=[1969] Directory of Oklahoma Part 1 (Pages 1-240) 153 }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Charles D. Carter (incumbent)|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=15,441|percentage=77.91%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=R. L. Kidd|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=4,378|percentage=22.09%}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=1916 Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district election{{cite web | url=https://digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/collection/almanacs/id/36422/rec/1 | title=[1969] Directory of Oklahoma Part 1 (Pages 1-240) 156 }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Charles D. Carter (incumbent)|votes=21,182|percentage=55.12%}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Gratton C. McVay|votes=10,386|percentage=27.03%}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Socialist Party of America|candidate=H. M. Shelton|votes=6,862|percentage=17.86%}}{{Election box total no change|votes=38,430|percentage=100.00}}{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=1918 Democratic primary results {{cite web | url=https://digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/collection/almanacs/id/36423/rec/1 | title=[1969] Directory of Oklahoma Part 1 (Pages 1-240) 157 }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Charles D. Carter (incumbent)|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=12,529|percentage=68.97%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Tom W. Neal|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=5,637|percentage=31.03%}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=1918 Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district election{{cite web | url=https://digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/collection/almanacs/id/36422/rec/1 | title=[1969] Directory of Oklahoma Part 1 (Pages 1-240) 156 }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Charles D. Carter (incumbent)|votes=15,635|percentage=66.79%}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=H. J. Fowler|votes=6,982|percentage=27.03%}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Socialist Party of America|candidate=H. M. Shelton|votes=6,862|percentage=17.86%}}{{Election box total no change|votes=29,479|percentage=100.00}}{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=1920 Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district election{{cite web | url=https://digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/collection/almanacs/id/36429/rec/1 | title=[1969] Directory of Oklahoma Part 1 (Pages 1-240) 163 }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Charles D. Carter (incumbent)|votes=33,344|percentage=53.99%}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=James L. Shinaberger|votes=24,188|percentage=39.17%}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Socialist Party of America|candidate=Robert L. Allen|votes=4,227|percentage=6.84%}}{{Election box total no change|votes=61,759|percentage=100.00}}{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=1922 Democratic primary results{{cite web | url=https://digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/collection/almanacs/id/36411/rec/1 | title=[1969] Directory of Oklahoma Part 1 (Pages 1-240) 145 }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Charles D. Carter (incumbent)|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=17,964|percentage=40.59%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=J. B. Laughlin|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=15,312|percentage=34.60%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Wilburn Cartwright|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=10,983|percentage=24.82%}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=1922 Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district election{{cite web | url=https://digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/collection/almanacs/id/36435/rec/1 | title=[1969] Directory of Oklahoma Part 1 (Pages 1-240) 169 }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Charles D. Carter (incumbent)|votes=44,964|percentage=74.18%}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Philas S. Jones|votes=15,022|percentage=24.78%}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Socialist Party of America|candidate=Manley L. Misenheimer|votes=632|percentage=1.04%}}{{Election box total no change|votes=60,618|percentage=100.00}}{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=1924 Democratic primary results{{cite web | url=https://digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/collection/almanacs/id/36435/rec/1 | title=[1969] Directory of Oklahoma Part 1 (Pages 1-240) 169 }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Charles D. Carter (incumbent)|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=24,351|percentage=44.22%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Wilburn Cartwright|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=17,205|percentage=(31.24%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Joe D. Summit|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=13,516|percentage=24.54%}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=1924 Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district election{{cite web | url=https://digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/collection/almanacs/id/36438/rec/1 | title=[1969] Directory of Oklahoma Part 1 (Pages 1-240) 172 }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Charles D. Carter (incumbent)|votes=38,674|percentage=68.14%}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Don Welch|votes=15,425|percentage=27.18%}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Farmer–Labor Party|candidate=R. L. Thurmond|votes=2,659|percentage=4.69%}}{{Election box total no change|votes=56,759|percentage=100.00}}{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=1926 Democratic primary results{{cite web | url=https://digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/collection/almanacs/id/36441/rec/1 | title=[1969] Directory of Oklahoma Part 1 (Pages 1-240) 175 }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Wilburn Cartwright|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=16,670|percentage=41.22%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Charles D. Carter (incumbent)|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=15,605|percentage=38.59%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Jess Harper|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=8,168|percentage=20.20%}}

References

External links

[http://www.chickasaw.tv/home/list/charles-david-carter Charles David Carter Profile and Videos] - Chickasaw.TV

[https://web.archive.org/web/20121102215714/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/C/CA066.html Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Carter, Charles]
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{{s-ttl|title=Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Oklahoma's 4th congressional district|years=1907–1915}}

{{s-ttl|title=Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district|years=1915–1927}}

{{s-ttl|title=Chair of the House Indian Affairs Committee|years=1917–1919}}

Category:1868 births

Category:1929 deaths

Category:20th-century Oklahoma politicians

Category:Chickasaw people of Cherokee descent

Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma

Category:Native American members of the United States Congress

Category:People from Boggy Depot, Oklahoma

Category:Members of the Society of American Indians

Category:Members of the Chickasaw Nation legislature