Frank Carter (American politician)

Frank Carter
Oklahoma Secretary of State
In office January 1943 – 1945
Preceded by	Charles C. Childers
Succeeded by	Katherine Manton
In office January 1935 – January 1939
Preceded by	Richard A. Sneed
Succeeded by	Charles C. Childers
Oklahoma State Auditor
In office January 1939 – January 1943
Preceded by	Charles C. Childers
Succeeded by	Charles C. Childers
In office January 1931 – January 1935
Preceded by	A. S. J. Shaw
Succeeded by	Charles C. Childers
In office January 1919 – January 1923
Preceded by	Everette B. Howard
Succeeded by	Charles C. Childers
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner
In office January 1923 – January 1927
Preceded by	Campbell Russell
Succeeded by	E. R. Hughes
Personal details
Born	1862
Died	1954
Political party	Democratic Party

Frank Carter was an American politician who held several key offices in Oklahoma throughout his career. He was first elected Oklahoma State Auditor in 1918, and later served as the Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner in 1922. Carter returned to the position of State Auditor in 1930 and again in 1938. He also held the office of Oklahoma Secretary of State, serving two non-consecutive terms, first in 1934 and again in 1942.

Biography

Frank C. Carter was born in Texas in 1862. He graduated from Eastman Business College in New York and returned to Texas, where he worked for a lumber company. In 1901, he moved to Frederick, Oklahoma, after the opening of the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Reservation. Following Oklahoma statehood, Carter served as the sheriff of Tillman County from 1907 to 1913.

Carter's political career in Oklahoma began when he was elected Oklahoma State Auditor in 1918, he went on to serve as the Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner in 1922, before returning to the State Auditor's office in 1930. In 1934, he was elected Oklahoma Secretary of State, a position he held until 1938, when he became State Auditor once again, he was re-elected to the office of Secretary of State in 1942.

Carter passed away in 1954.