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Albert Carter | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromCalifornia's6th district | |
| In office March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1945 | |
| Preceded by | James H. MacLafferty |
| Succeeded by | George P. Miller |
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| Born | (1881-07-05)July 5, 1881 |
| Died | August 8, 1964(1964-08-08) (aged 83) |
| Political party | Republican |
Albert Edward Carter (July 5, 1881 – August 8, 1964) was an American lawyer and politician who served ten terms as aRepublicanUnited States Representative fromCalifornia from 1925 to 1945.
Carter was born inLemon Cove (sometimes spelledLemoncove), inTulare County, California. He attended the public schools and graduated from San Jose State Normal School in 1903, which is nowSan Jose State University. He taught school six years and then graduated from the law department of theUniversity of California, Berkeley in 1913. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice inOakland, California.
Carter was a representative of theUnited States War Department Commission on Training Camps from 1917 to 1919. He was an attorney for the California State Board of Pharmacy in 1920 and 1921 and commissioner of public works of Oakland 1921–1925 and in 1923 initiated the plan for a comprehensive development of the harbor on the east side ofSan Francisco Bay. He was the president of the Pacific Coast Association of Port Authorities.
He was elected as aRepublican to the Sixty-ninth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1945). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress.
He resumed the practice of law in California andWashington, D.C. and died in Oakland, California, in 1964. He was buried in Home of Peace Cemetery,Porterville, California.
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