Francis Carr (December 6, 1751 – October 6, 1821) was aU.S. Representative from the District ofMaine, which was then part ofMassachusetts. He was also the father of U.S. CongressmanJames Carr, and the founder of a political and mercantile family inBangor, Maine.

Carr was born and attended common schools inNewbury in theProvince of Massachusetts Bay. He later moved toHaverhill, married Mary Elliot (b. 1755 inAmesbury), and engaged in the mercantile and shipbuilding business. He also representedHaverhill in theMassachusetts House of Representatives.^[1]

In 1793, Carr moved toBangor inMassachusetts' District of Maine, which had incorporated as a town only two years before. As in Haverhill, he was elected to represent the area in theMassachusetts House of Representatives (1806–1808), and later theMassachusetts State Senate (1809–1811).^[1]

Carr was the first citizen of Bangor to serve in the U.S. Congress. He was elected as aDemocratic-Republican to theTwelfth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofBarzillai Gannett and served from April 6, 1812, to March 3, 1813. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1812 to theThirteenth Congress, and resumed mercantile pursuits. In 1814, he witnessed the British sacking of Bangor following the rout of local militia in theBattle of Hampden. He died inBangor, Maine, October 6, 1821, and was interred inMount Hope Cemetery.^[1]

The Carrs remained an important mercantile and political family in Bangor well into the 19th century. Francis' sonJames Carr succeeded him as aU.S. Congressman (1815–1817), though he died by drowning in 1818 on theOhio River. Another family member, Joshua Wingate Carr (1796–1879), became Mayor of Bangor (1839–1840) and the city's U.S. Postmaster. The Carr-Wing House on State Street in Bangor, which Joshua Carr remodeled in theGothic Revival style in 1844, remains a local architectural landmark. Joshua's great-grandsonElliott Carr Cutler (b. Bangor, 1888), became a famous surgeon and professor of surgery at theHarvard Medical School, while Elliott's brotherRobert Cutler, became the firstNational Security Advisor under PresidentDwight Eisenhower. Robert wrote about the Carr-Wing House and his "Great-Uncle Frank" (Francis Wingate Carr) in his autobiographyNo Time for Rest (1966).^[2]

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