Rex L. Carter

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Rex L. Carter
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55th Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives
In office
August 1, 1973 – December 1980
Preceded bySolomon Blatt
Succeeded byRamon Schwartz, Jr.
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
from the 24th district
In office
December 1974 – December 1980
Preceded byNone (district created)
Succeeded byDavid Wilkins
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Greenville County
In office
December 1952 – December 1974
Preceded by
Succeeded byNone (districts numbered)
Personal details
Born
Rex Lyle Carter

(1925-06-20)June 20, 1925
Honea Path, South Carolina
DiedJune 9, 2014(2014-06-09) (aged 88)
Greenville, South Carolina
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Floride Gulledge
Children4
Alma materErskine College
University of South Carolina
Military service
AllegianceUnited States of America
Branch/serviceUnited States Coast Guard
Years of service1943 - 1946
Battles/warsWorld War II

Rex Lyle Carter (June 20, 1925 – June 9, 2014) was an American lawyer and politician.

Born in Honea Path, South Carolina, Anderson County, South Carolina, Carter served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II. He then received his bachelor's degree from Erskine College and then his law degree from University of South Carolina School of Law. Carter then practiced law in Greenville, South Carolina. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives, as a Democrat, from 1953 until 1980 and was speaker. He died in Greenville, South Carolina.[1][2][3]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Former SC House Speaker Rex Carter dies
  2. ^ Rex L. Carter (of Counsel)
  3. ^ 'Former SC House Speaker Rex Carter dies,' The Post and Courier, June 9, 2014


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