Carter, Charles David, 1868-1929

CARTER, Charles David, a Representative from Oklahoma; born near Boggy Depot, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), August 16, 1868; moved with his father to Mill Creek, a stage stand on the western frontier of the Chickasaw Nation, in April 1876; attended the Indian day schools and Chickasaw Manual Training Academy at Tishomingo; employed on a ranch from 1887 to 1889 and in a mercantile establishment in Ardmore, Okla., from 1889 to 1892; auditor of public accounts of the Chickasaw Nation 1892-1894; member of the Chickasaw Council in 1895; superintendent of schools of the Chickasaw Nation in 1897; appointed mining trustee of Indian Territory by President McKinley in November 1900 and served four years; secretary of the first Democratic executive committee of the proposed State of Oklahoma from June to December 1906; upon the admission of Oklahoma as a State into the Union was elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served from November 16, 1907, to March 3, 1927; chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs (Sixty-fifth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1926; member of the State highway commission 1927-1929; died in Ardmore, Okla., April 9, 1929; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery.

<p>Charles David Carter (August 16, 1868 in Chickasaw – April 9, 1929) was a Native American politician elected as U.S. Representative from Oklahoma, serving from 1907 to 1927. During this period, he also served as Mining Trustee for Indian Territory, 1900–1904, appointed by President William McKinley.</p>

<p>Carter had earlier served as auditor for the Chickasaw Nation and was elected to the Chickasaw Council. He also served as superintendent of Chickasaw Schools.</p>

<p>Born near Boggy Depot, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), Carter moved with his father to Mill Creek, a stage stand on the western frontier of the Chickasaw Nation, in April 1876. Carter was of Chickasaw and Cherokee descent. He attended the Indian day schools and Chickasaw Manual Training Academy at Tishomingo.</p>