Stuart B. Carter
| Stuart B. Carter | |
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| Member of the Virginia Senate from the 20th district |
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In office January 11, 1956 – January 12, 1960 |
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| Preceded by | James C. Carpenter Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Hale Collins |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Botetourt and Craig Counties | |
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In office January 11, 1950 – 1955 |
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| Preceded by | Elbert W. Dodd |
| Succeeded by | John M. Peck, Jr |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 25, 1906 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | June 12, 1983 (aged 77) Roanoke, Virginia |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Shelley Sheridan |
| Relatives | Episcopalian |
| Profession | Attorney |
Stuart Barns Carter (April 25. 1906 – June 12, 1983) was a Virginia lawyer, farmer and businessmen who also served as the Democratic legislator representing Botetourt and Craig Counties: first as a delegate in the Virginia General Assembly and later as a State Senator from the 20th District. A lifelong Democrat, Carter helped lead his party's progressive faction, particularly as they opposed the Byrd Organization's policy of Massive Resistance to racial integration in Virginia's public schools.
Carter was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Charles Dale Carter and his wife Sarah Barns. Widowed when Stuart was an infant, Sarah remarried John S. Pechin and moved to Buchanan, Virginia. He had a half-brother Richard S. Pechin, five years younger than himself. Stuart Carter studied at the Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg, Virginia, then at Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and at the University of Virginia. He graduated from the Cumberland Law School in Tennessee in 1934.
He married Mary Pechin Shelley Sheridan Carter (1901–1966) and they had several children.
After admission to the Virginia bar, Carter began his private legal practice in Fincastle, Virginia, county seat of Botetourt County in 1935. He held various county and state offices before 1950, when he began his formal part-time political career. Carter was a vestryman in his local Episcopal Church, as well as active in the Ruritans, Freemasons, and Virginia Bar Association. He also held a seat on the Democratic Central Committee and served as chairman of the 6th Congressional District Democratic Committee.
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