Claude Edward Carter

Full Name: Claude Edward Carter
Date of birth: April 18, 1897
Date of death: October 4, 1977

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	92	Jan 9, 1923 - Nov 26, 1923	38th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Robert Lee / Coke		Coke, Concho, Runnels

(1) Claude E. Carter resigned 11/26/1923. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

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House District 92
Jan 9, 1923 - Nov 26, 1923
Legislatures: 38th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Robert Lee / Coke
Counties in district: Coke, Concho, Runnels

(1) Claude E. Carter resigned 11/26/1923. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

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Biographical Sketches

Memorial, January 1978, p. 99. Texas Bar Journal.
Claude E. Carter, mentioned in biographical sketch of the family of his wife, Dannie Adams Carter, Volume 2, p. 4. "Dannie Adams, born August 26, 1905, in 1922 married Claude E. Carter, son of Henry and Dovie Carter, a promising young attorney who later served in the Texas Legislature. Moved to Harlingen, Texas in the Rio Grande Valley and practiced law there for 55 years - was elected President of State Bar of Texas in 1942 - died October 5, 1977 at age 80. Claude and Dannie Carter had one child, Kathleen Carter. Dannie Carter lives in Harlingen, Texas." Tom Green County: Chronicles of Our Heritage, 2003.
Obituary and photo, "Veteran Local Attorney Dies," 10/5/1977, p. 1. Valley Morning Star.

Military Service Notes

United States Army, World War I. Claude E. Carter, born circa 1898 in Robert Lee, Texas; residence in Robert Lee, Coke County, Texas. FamilySearch Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin).
Claude Edward Carter, birth date 4/18/1897, residence in Harlingen, Texas, military service 4/12/1917 - 12/18/1918. FamilySearch United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, 1985.
United States Army Air Forces, First Lieutenant, World War I. Memorial, January 1978, p. 99. Texas Bar Journal.

Photographs

Photograph. Claude E. Carter, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

38th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, south wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

38th R.S. - 1923
Claims and Accounts
Criminal Jurisprudence
Live Stock and Stock Raising (Vice Chair)
Municipal and Private Corporations
Penitentiaries

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