Margaret Carter
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| Member of the Oregon Senate from the 8th, then 22nd district |
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In office 2001–2009 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas A. Wilde |
| Succeeded by | Chip Shields |
| Constituency | portions of Portland and Multnomah County |
| Member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 18th district |
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In office 1985–1999 |
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| Preceded by | Ed Leek |
| Succeeded by | Deborah Kafoury |
| Constituency | portions of Portland and Multnomah County |
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December 29, 1935 Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Portland, Oregon |
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Portland State University Oregon State University |
| Profession | educator, counselor |
| Website | State Senate website |
Margaret L. Carter (born December 29, 1935) is an American politician who was a Democratic member of the Oregon Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 1999 and 2001 to 2009 and was the first black woman elected to the state's legislature. She served in the Oregon House of Representatives until 1999, and then in the Oregon State Senate from 2001 to 2009. She served as President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Vice Chair for Ways and Means, and as a member of both the Health and Human Services and Oregon State Hospital Patient Care committees. She announced her resignation from the Senate effective August 31, 2009, and took a post as Deputy Director for Human Services Programs at the Oregon Department of Human Services. In 2015, she was reportedly considering a return to the senate.
Born Margaret Hunter in Shreveport, Louisiana, on December 29, 1935, her parents were Hilton and Emma Hunter. She was raised there in a family of nine children by her father, a Baptist minister, and her mother, a cook at the school cafeteria. After earning the honor as salutatorian in high school, she received scholarships to Grambling State University where she then briefly attended before meeting who would become her first husband. After getting married she had five daughters by the age of 28, but moved to Oregon to escape abuse by her then husband. She arrived via train on December 1, 1967, and began working odd jobs. In Oregon, she re-married, adding four stepchildren, but divorced after a few years to Elvis. In 1970, she enrolled at Portland State University where she then graduated from in 1972 with a bachelor of arts degree in education. Carter then earned a masters of education in psychology from Oregon State University in 1973. In 1973, Carter began working for Portland Community College as a counselor.
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