William Blount Carter

For his nephew, the minister and East Tennessee bridge burner, see William B. Carter.

William Blount Carter (October 22, 1792 – April 17, 1848) was an American politician who represented Tennessee's first district in the United States House of Representatives.

William Blount Carter
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 1st district
In office March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1841
Preceded by	John Blair
Succeeded by	Thomas D. Arnold
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
Member of the Tennessee Senate
Personal details
Born	October 22, 1792 Elizabethton, Tennessee
Died	April 17, 1848 (aged 55) Elizabethton, Tennessee
Party	Whig
Relations	Samuel P. Carter (nephew) Nathaniel G. Taylor (nephew)
Profession	soldier, politician

Biography

Carter was born in Elizabethton, Tennessee on October 22, 1792. He attended the public schools and served as a colonel in the United States Army during the War of 1812.

Career

Carter served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives and he served in the Tennessee Senate. He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1834 and served as its presiding officer.^[1]

Carter was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth United States Congress and as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses. He served as a U.S. Representative from March 4, 1835 to March 3, 1841.^[2] He owned slaves.^[3]

Death

Carter died in Elizabethton, Tennessee on April 17, 1848 (age 55 years, 178 days). He is interred at the Carter Cemetery at Elizabethton.^[4]

Family

Carter was an uncle of General Samuel P. Carter and Congressman Nathaniel Green Taylor. Another nephew, also named William Blount Carter (1820–1902), was a prominent Southern Unionist and mastermind of the East Tennessee bridge burnings during the Civil War.^[5]