Wooda N. Carr
Wooda Nicholas Carr | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 23rd district | |
In office March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 | |
Preceded by | Thomas S. Crago |
Succeeded by | Robert F. Hopwood |
Personal details | |
Born | Allegheny City, Pennsylvania | February 6, 1871
Died | June 28, 1953 | (aged 82)
Political party | Democratic |
Wooda Nicholas Carr (February 6, 1871 – June 28, 1953) was a
U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. His son was the mystery novelist John Dickson Carr
.
Wooda N. Carr was born in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). He attended the public schools and Madison College. He graduated from Monongahela College in Pennsylvania
, in 1891. He was editor of the Uniontown News and the Uniontown Democrat in 1892. He studied law, was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1895 and commenced practice in Uniontown. He was a delegate to the Democratic State conventions in 1898, 1899, 1900, and 1904.
Carr was elected as a Democrat to the
1914. He resumed the practice of law and was appointed postmaster of Uniontown, Pennsylvania
, in 1934 and served until his retirement in 1947. He died in Uniontown. Interment in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Sources
- United States Congress. "Wooda N. Carr (id: C000180)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard