Francis Carr (District of Maine politician)

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Francis Carr
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 17th district
In office
April 6, 1812 – March 4, 1813
Preceded byBarzillai Gannett
Succeeded byAbiel Wood
Personal details
Born(1751-12-06)December 6, 1751
Democratic-Republican
SpouseMary Elliot
ChildrenCongressman James Carr

Francis Carr (December 6, 1751 – October 6, 1821) was a U.S. Representative from the District of Maine, which was then part of Massachusetts. He was also the father of U.S. Congressman James Carr, and the founder of a political and mercantile family in Bangor, Maine.

Carr was born and attended common schools in Newbury in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. He later moved to Haverhill, married Mary Elliot (b. 1755 in Amesbury), and engaged in the mercantile and shipbuilding business. He also represented Haverhill in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[1]

Political career

In 1793, Carr moved to

Massachusetts State Senate (1809–1811).[1]

Carr was the first citizen of Bangor to serve in the U.S. Congress. He was elected as a

Democratic-Republican to the Twelfth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Barzillai Gannett and served from April 6, 1812, to March 3, 1813. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1812 to the Thirteenth Congress, and resumed mercantile pursuits. In 1814, he witnessed the British sacking of Bangor following the rout of local militia in the Battle of Hampden. He died in Bangor, Maine, October 6, 1821, and was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery.[1]

Carr Family

The Carrs remained an important mercantile and political family in Bangor well into the 19th century. Francis' son

Dwight Eisenhower. Robert wrote about the Carr-Wing House and his "Great-Uncle Frank" (Francis Wingate Carr) in his autobiography No Time for Rest (1966).[2]

Sources

References

  1. ^ a b c Edson Irving Carr, The Carr Family Records (1894), pp. 69, 105.
  2. ^ Robert Cutler, No Time for Rest (Little, Brown, 1966), pp. 1-18
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 17th congressional district
(Maine district)
April 6, 1812 – March 4, 1813 		Succeeded by

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