Milton Robert Carr

Milton Robert Carr (March 27, 1943 – August 27, 2024) was an American lawyer, academic, and politician from Michigan.

Carr served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 6th and 8th congressional districts for eight terms and one term, respectively. Carr's career in the U.S. House had a two-year hiatus in which he had lost his seat to Jim Dunn in 1980 before being reelected to Congress in 1982.

Following his career in Congress, Carr became of counsel at a Washington, D.C.–based communications law firm in 2005. He was involved with the United States Association of Former Members of Congress, where he served on the board of directors.

Background Carr was born in Janesville, Wisconsin, on March 27, 1943. He received a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison in 1965 and a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1968. He did graduate work at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, and was admitted to the Wisconsin bar in 1968 and to the Michigan bar in 1969. He commenced practice in Lansing, Michigan, and served as Michigan assistant attorney general, from 1970 to 1972.

Carr represented the district in the U.S. House for the 94th and to the two succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1975, to January 3, 1981. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1980 to the 97th Congress, being defeated by James Whitney Dunn. Two years later, he defeated Dunn and was elected to the 98th Congress and subsequently re-elected five times. The last two years he represented Michigan's 8th congressional district after the redistricting in 1993. In 1994, he was the Democrats' nominee for United States Senate in Michigan, losing to Spencer Abraham.

After losing and regaining his seat in the 1980 and 1982 elections, respectively, he was named to the House Committee on Appropriations, lowered his profile, and focused his attention on budget and spending issues.

Later career Carr became an adjunct professor at George Washington University's Graduate School of Political Management and a senior adviser at the Brookings Institution's Brookings Executive Education. He also assisted in the Brookings Institution Fellows program and worked as a consultant in Washington.

Personal life and death Carr had a daughter. He was subsequently involved in advocating for funding for cancer research and was featured in the Cancer Progress Report 2012.

Carr died in Washington on August 27, 2024, at the age of 81.