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Carter, James Coolidge
lawyer, author, was born Oct. 14, 1827, in Lancaster, Mass. He was a member of the commission appointed by Gov. Tilden, of New York, in 1875, to devise a form of municipal government for the cities of the state. He ranks among the leading lawyers of New York. He has published a monograph entitled The Codification of our Common Law, in which he opposes the scheme of codification.
Carter, James Gordon
educator, author, was born Sept. 7, 1795, in Leominster, Mass. He was a prominent educator of Massachusetts; and the author of Essays on Popular Education; Geography of New Hampshire; Geography of Massachusetts; and Letters to William Prescott on the Free Schools of New England. He died July 22, 1849, in Chicago, Ill.
Carter, John
pioneer of Tennessee.
When the district of Washington, now the state of Tennessee, was annexed to North Carolina during the revolution, he was elected, with John Sevier and Charles Robertson, to the convention that assembled at Halifax, N. C., in 1785, and framed a constitution for the state of Frankland, which was reunited with North Carolina in 1788.
Carter, John
lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 10, 1792, on Black River, S. C. He was a representative in congress from South Carolina from 1822 to 1829, when he declined a re-election. He died June 20, 1850, in Georgetown, D. C.
Carter, John C
naval officer, was born in 1805, in Virginia. In 1862 he commanded the steamer Michigan on the lakes. After the war he was placed in command of the receiving-ship Vermont and of the naval rendezvous at San Francisco. He was commissioned as commodore on the retired list on April 4, 1867. He died Nov. 24, 1870, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Carter, Josiah Mason
lawyer, state legislator, was born June 19, 1813, in New Canaan, Conn. He practiced in New York city from 1840 till 1847, and afterward in Norwalk; and served three terms in the Connecticut legislature, during the last of which he was speaker of the house. From 1862 till his death he filled the office of state's attorney for Fairfield county. He died March 22, 1868, in Norwalk, Conn.
Carter, Lorenzo
pioneer, was born in 1767, in Rutland, Vt. He emigrated in 1796 to the western reserve, and settled in Cleveland in the spring of 1797. He kept a hotel and a store for the sale of hunting-supplies in the early days of Cleveland, and built the first frame house, the first warehouse, and the first vessel constructed in that town. In 1804 he was elected a major in the militia. He died Feb. 7, 1814, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Carter, Luther C
merchant, congressman, was born Feb. 25, 1805, in Bethel, Maine. He settled in New York city, and devoted himself to mercantile pursuits with success. He was a member of the board of education in that city; and was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-sixth congress.
Carter, Oliver Stanley
merchant, banker, was born July 25, 1825, in New Hartford, Conn. He was elected a director of The North American Fire Insurance Co. in 1856, and The Home Insurance Co. about 1860, which positions he has since held. Since 1892 he has been president of The National Bank of the Republic. He owns the Carter building at Broadway and Eighth street; and the Carter and Macy building at 140-142 Pearl street.
Carter, Peter
publisher, author, was born July 19, 1825, in Scotland. He is a prominent New York publisher; and author of Crumbs from the Land of Cakes, a volume of travels in Scotland; Scotia's Bards; and three juvenile tales including Bertie Lee; Donald Fraser; and Effie's Home.