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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—NebraskaTerry McGovern CARPENTER
(1900-1978)
CARPENTER, Terry McGovern,
a Representative from Nebraska; born in Cedar Rapids, Linn County,
Iowa, March 28, 1900; attended the public schools of Cedar Rapids;
moved to Scottsbluff, Nebr., in 1916 and was employed in various
positions with a railroad company; was engaged in the wholesale
candy and tobacco business in 1922 and 1923; moved to Long Beach,
Calif., in 1923 and was employed as manager of the municipal gas
and water department; returned to Scottsbluff, Nebr., in 1927 and
worked in the garage business and the retail coal business;
unsuccessful candidate for mayor in 1931; elected as a Democrat to
the Seventy-third Congress (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935); was not
a candidate for renomination in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth
Congress; unsuccessful candidate for nomination for Governor in
1934, for election to the United States Senate in 1936, for
election for Lieutenant Governor in 1938, for election for Governor
in 1940, for nomination to the United States Senate in 1942, for
election to the United States Senate in 1948, for nomination for
Governor in 1950, for nomination to the United States Senate in
1954, for nomination for Governor in 1960, for nomination to the
United States Senate in 1972, and for Lieutenant Governor in 1974;
major, United States Air Corps, 1942-1945; changed political
affiliation five times; delegate to the Republican National
Convention in 1956; served in the State legislature in 1953,
1957-1959, 1963-1974; engaged in operating Terry Carpenter, Inc.,
in Terrytown, Nebr.; resided in Scottsbluff, Nebr., where he died
April 27, 1978; interment in Fairview Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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