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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaWooda Nicholas CARR
(1871-1953)
CARR, Wooda Nicholas, a
Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Allegheny City (now a
part of Pittsburgh), Pa., February 6, 1871; attended the public
schools and Madison College; was graduated from Monongahela
College, Pennsylvania, in 1891; editor of the Uniontown (Pa.) News
and the Uniontown Democrat in 1892; studied law; was admitted to
the Pennsylvania bar in 1895 and commenced practice in Uniontown;
delegate to the Democratic State conventions in 1898, 1899, 1900,
and 1904; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress (March
4, 1913-March 3, 1915); was an unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress; resumed the
practice of law; was appointed postmaster of Uniontown, Pa., on
August 2, 1934, and served until his retirement in 1947; died in
Uniontown, Pa., on June 28, 1953; interment in Oak Grove
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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