| William Randolph Carpenter | |
| State1: | Kansas |
| District1: | 4th |
| Term Start1: | March 4, 1933 |
| Term End1: | January 3, 1937 |
| Preceded1: | Homer Hoch |
| Succeeded1: | Edward Herbert Rees |
| Office2: | Member of the Kansas House of Representatives |
| Term2: | 1929–1933 |
| Birth Date: | 24 April 1894 |
| Birth Place: | Marion, Kansas, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Topeka, Kansas, U.S. |
| Resting Place: | Highland Cemetery, Marion, Kansas |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Spouse: | Helen Frances Williams |
| Alma Mater: | University of Michigan Law School |
| Branch: | United States Army Kansas National Guard |
| Battles: | |
| Serviceyears: | 1917 - 1952 |
William Randolph Carpenter (April 24, 1894, Marion, Kansas - July 26, 1956, Topeka, Kansas) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas and a U.S. Army World War I veteran. He died in Topeka, Kansas, July 26, 1956 and was interred in Highland Cemetery, Marion, Kansas.
Carpenter attended local public and high schools in Marion, Kansas. He graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1917, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. Carpenter was admitted to the bar that same year and commenced his practice in Marion, Kansas. He continued his family's agricultural pursuits by maintaining his farm.[1]
Carpenter joined the U. S. Army National Guard in Marion in 1917 as a Second Lieutenant and helped organize Company M under the Third Regiment Infantry, Kansas National Guard. During the First World War he was called to active duty and was transferred to Company M, One Hundred Thirty-ninth Infantry Regiment, Thirty-fifth Infantry Division which deployed to France in early 1918. He was promoted to first lieutenant during the Meuse-Argonne offensive, and served until his discharge on May 8, 1919.[1]
Carpenter married Helen Frances Williams (born 20 November 1896 in Marion, Kansas - died January 1994 in Topeka, Kansas) daughter of Fred Reed & Frances Elizabeth (née Skidmore) Williams on 15 July 1920 in Marion, Kansas.[1] [2]