Thomas H. Carter

Thomas Carter
Carter in 1910
United States Senator
from Montana
In office
March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911
Preceded byParis Gibson
Succeeded byHenry L. Myers
In office
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901
Preceded byThomas Power
Succeeded byWilliam Clark
Chair of the Republican National Committee
In office
July 16, 1892 – June 18, 1896
Preceded byWilliam Campbell
Succeeded byMark Hanna
Commissioner of the General Land Office
In office
March 31, 1891 – November 18, 1892
PresidentBenjamin Harrison
Preceded byLewis Groff
Succeeded byWilliam M. Stone
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Montana's at-large district
In office
November 8, 1889 – March 3, 1891
Preceded byHimself (Delegate)
Succeeded byWilliam W. Dixon
Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives
from Montana's at-large district
In office
March 4, 1889 – November 8, 1889
Preceded byJoseph Toole
Succeeded byHimself (Representative)
Personal details
Born
Thomas Henry Carter

(1854-10-30)October 30, 1854
Junior Furnace, Ohio, U.S.
DiedSeptember 17, 1911(1911-09-17) (aged 56)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Ellen Galen
(m. 1886)
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Thomas Henry Carter (October 30, 1854 – September 17, 1911) was an American politician, who served as territorial delegate, a United States representative, and a U.S. Senator from Montana. Carter was born in Junior Furnace, Ohio, on October 30, 1854. Born to an Irish immigrant family, he spent most of his childhood in on small farms in the Midwest. In 1882, he moved to Helena, Montana to begin his law career there. He entered then politics, and was elected Montana's territorial delegate in 1888. Following Montana's admission into the union as a state, Carter represented the state in U.S. House of Representatives. He ran for re-election in 1890, but was narrowly defeated by Democrat William W. Dixon in the general election.

Following his failed re-election bid, President Benjamin Harrison appointed Carter as the Commissioner of the General Land Office in 1891. He served as commissioner until 1892, when he was elected chairman of the Republican National Committee, the first Catholic to do so.