Thomas Carter | |
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 Carter in 1910 | |
| United States Senator from Montana | |
| In office March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911 | |
| Preceded by | Paris Gibson |
| Succeeded by | Henry L. Myers |
| In office March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Power |
| Succeeded by | William Clark |
| Chair of the Republican National Committee | |
| In office July 16, 1892 – June 18, 1896 | |
| Preceded by | William Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Mark Hanna |
| Commissioner of the General Land Office | |
| In office March 31, 1891 – November 18, 1892 | |
| President | Benjamin Harrison |
| Preceded by | Lewis Groff |
| Succeeded by | William 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 by | Himself (Delegate) |
| Succeeded by | William 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 by | Joseph Toole |
| Succeeded by | Himself (Representative) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thomas Henry Carter October 30, 1854 Junior Furnace, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | September 17, 1911 (aged 56) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| 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.