Vincent Carter

Vincent Michael Carter (November 6, 1891 – December 30, 1972) was a United States representative from Wyoming.

Vincent Carter
The Salt Lake Tribune, July 12, 1931
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wyoming's At-large district
In office March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1935
Preceded by	Charles E. Winter
Succeeded by	Paul R. Greever
14th Wyoming State Auditor
In office 1923–1929
Governor	William B. Ross Frank E. Lucas Nellie Tayloe Ross Frank C. Emerson
Preceded by	Ishmael C. Jefferis
Succeeded by	Roscoe Alcorn
Personal details
Born	(1891-11-06)November 6, 1891 St. Clair, Pennsylvania
Died	December 30, 1972(1972-12-30) (aged 81) Albuquerque, New Mexico
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Fordham University Columbus School of Law
Occupation	Attorney
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America Wyoming
Branch/service	Marine Corps Wyoming Army National Guard
Rank	lieutenant
Battles/wars	World War I

Born in St. Clair, Pennsylvania, he moved with his parents to Pottsville in 1893. He attended public schools, the United States Naval Academy Preparatory School, and Fordham University. He graduated in 1915 from Catholic University's Columbus School of Law in Washington, D.C.

During World War I he served in the United States Marine Corps as a lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment, Third Brigade, and was a captain in the Wyoming Army National Guard from 1919 to 1921.

Carter was admitted to the bar in 1919, and commenced practice in Casper, Wyoming. He moved to Kemmerer, Wyoming in 1929 and continued the practice of law, serving as deputy attorney general of Wyoming from 1919 to 1923. In 1922, Carter was elected Wyoming State Auditor, and he was re-elected in 1926.

Carter was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first and to the two succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1929 to January 3, 1935; he was not a candidate for renomination in 1934, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the U.S. Senate. He resumed the practice of law in Cheyenne, retiring in 1965; he was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1936 and 1940.

Carter died in Albuquerque, New Mexico; interment was in Albuquerque's Mt. Calvary Cemetery.