Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Claude Edward Carter

Full Name: Claude Edward Carter
Birth date: April 18, 1897
Death date: October 4, 1977

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

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.
Memorial, January 1978, p. 99. Texas Bar Journal .
United States Army Air Forces, First Lieutenant, World War I. 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 .