About Henry Stuart Carter
Lived 1910 – 1985 (aged 75). Henry Stuart Carter was an American politician.
Henry Stuart Carter (September 5, 1910 – September 17, 1985) was a Virginia lawyer, who served part-time for a dozen years representing Bristol and Washington County in the Virginia House of Delegates. A member of the Byrd Organization, Carter participated in its Massive Resistance to racial integration.
Early and family life Henry Stuart Carter was born on September 5, 1910, on a farm in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, to Ida (née Spacht) and Charles Samuel Carter. His mother was originally from Pennsylvania. He was raised in Richmond, Wise County, Virginia with his older brother Charles and younger brother Dale. He attended Fishburne Military School and Bristol High School. He was educated at Emory and Henry College and then at the University of Virginia School of Law, receiving an LL.B. degree in 1935.
Career Upon graduating law school and being admitted to the bar, Carter practiced in Bristol, Virginia.
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