Frank Carter (American politician) explained

Office:Oklahoma Secretary of State
Term Start:January 1943
Term End:1945
Predecessor:Charles C. Childers
Successor:Katherine Manton
Term Start2:January 1935
Term End2:January 1939
Predecessor2:Richard A. Sneed
Successor2:Charles C. Childers
Office3:Oklahoma State Auditor
Term Start3:January 1939
Term End3:January 1943
Predecessor3:Charles C. Childers
Successor3:Charles C. Childers
Term Start5:January 1931
Term End5:January 1935
Predecessor5:A. S. J. Shaw
Successor5:Charles C. Childers
Term Start6:January 1919
Term End6:January 1923
Predecessor6:Everette B. Howard
Successor6:Charles C. Childers
Office7:Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner
Term Start7:January 1923
Term End7:January 1927
Predecessor7:Campbell Russell
Successor7:E. R. Hughes
Birth Date:1862
Death Date:1954
Party:Democratic Party

Frank Carter was an American politician who held several key offices in Oklahoma throughout his career. He was first elected Oklahoma State Auditor in 1918, and later served as the Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner in 1922. Carter returned to the position of State Auditor in 1930 and again in 1938. He also held the office of Oklahoma Secretary of State, serving two non-consecutive terms, first in 1934 and again in 1942.

Biography

Frank C. Carter was born in Texas in 1862. He graduated from Eastman Business College in New York and returned to Texas, where he worked for a lumber company. In 1901, he moved to Frederick, Oklahoma, after the opening of the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Reservation. Following Oklahoma statehood, Carter served as the sheriff of Tillman County from 1907 to 1913.

Carter's political career in Oklahoma began when he was elected Oklahoma State Auditor in 1918, he went on to serve as the Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner in 1922, before returning to the State Auditor's office in 1930. In 1934, he was elected Oklahoma Secretary of State, a position he held until 1938, when he became State Auditor once again, he was re-elected to the office of Secretary of State in 1942.

Carter passed away in 1954.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Frank Carter, Class of 1937 . oklahomahof.com . . 18 May 2024 . en.