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| name = James R. Carpenter |
| name = James R. Carpenter |
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| office1 = Member of the [[Wyoming Senate]] from [[Laramie County, Wyoming|Laramie County]] |
| office1 = Member of the [[Wyoming Senate]] from [[Laramie County, Wyoming|Laramie County]] |
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| term_start1 = 1911 |
| term_start1 = 1911 |
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| term_end1 = 1915 |
| term_end1 = 1915 |
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| birth_name = James Ross Carpenter |
| birth_name = James Ross Carpenter |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1867|08|07}} |
| birth_date = {{birth date|1867|08|07}} |
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| birth_place = [[Monmouth, |
| birth_place = [[Monmouth, Illinois]], U.S. |
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1943|01|27|1867|08|07}} |
| death_date = {{death date and age|1943|01|27|1867|08|07}} |
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| death_place = [[Cheyenne, |
| death_place = [[Cheyenne, Wyoming]], U.S. |
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| restingplace = Lakeview Cemetery, |
| restingplace = Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, [[Wyoming]], U.S. |
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| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |
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| father = George Daniel Carpenter |
| father = George Daniel Carpenter |
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| mother = Margery Ann Pollock |
| mother = Margery Ann Pollock |
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| spouse = Fanny May Russell |
| spouse = Fanny May Russell |
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| children = 3 |
| children = 3 |
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| relatives = |
| relatives = |
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| education = [[Monmouth College]]<br>[[National Normal University]] |
| education = [[Monmouth College]]<br>[[National Normal University]] |
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| signature = James Ross Carpenter signature.png |
| signature = James Ross Carpenter signature.png |
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'''James Ross Carpenter''' (August 7, 1867 – January 27, 1943) was |
'''James Ross Carpenter''' (August 7, 1867 – January 27, 1943) was a Wyoming politician and inventor who served in the [[Wyoming Senate]] as a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. Prior to his political career he helped in the founding and advertisement of multiple towns in Wyoming. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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===Inventor and founder=== |
===Inventor and founder=== |
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[[File:James R. Carpenter patent.png|thumb|right|James R. Carpenter's wheelbarrow patent|386x386px]] |
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From 1887 to 1892, he was a rancher in western Kansas and then moved to Des Moines, Iowa from 1892 to 1907, before moving to Wyoming in 1907 |
From 1887 to 1892, he was a rancher in western Kansas and then moved to Des Moines, Iowa from 1892 to 1907, before moving to Wyoming in 1907. There he helped create [[Carpenter, Wyoming]], which was named in his honor, and then moved to Cheyenne in 1910.<ref name="life">{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CENOAAAAYAAJ |title=Men of Wyoming: The National Newspaper Reference Book of Wyoming Containing Photographs and Biographies of Over Three Hundred Men Residents |date=January 12, 1915 |publisher=C.S. Peterson |via=Google Books |page=48}}</ref> In 1905, he founded the Federal Land Company that helped in the foundation and advertisement of multiple Wyoming towns including [[Burns, Wyoming]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/lincburns.html |title=Lincoln Highway Photos |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200722175743/http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/lincburns.html |archive-date=July 22, 2020}}</ref> |
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On December 19, 1936, he filed a patent for cutting agatized petrified wood.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FmydWBmKpLUC |
On June 8, 1898, Carpenter filed a patent for a wheelbarrow with detachable parts and was given the patent on January 3, 1899.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US617278 |title=US Patent 617,278 |date=January 3, 1899 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200723211805/https://patents.google.com/patent/US617278 |archive-date=July 23, 2020}}</ref> On December 19, 1936, he filed a patent for cutting agatized petrified wood.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FmydWBmKpLUC&q=2%2C135%2C047+METHOD+FOR+CUTTING+AGATIZED+PETRIFIED+WOOD+J.+Ross+Carpenter&pg=PA266-IA15|title=Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office|first=United States Patent|last=Office|date=January 12, 1938|publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce.|via=Google Books|page=144}}</ref> |
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===State politics=== |
===State politics=== |
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In 1910, Carpenter was elected to the |
In 1910, Carpenter was elected to the Wyoming Senate from [[Laramie County, Wyoming|Laramie County]] as a member of the Democratic Party.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42118588/natrona-county-tribune/ |title=Eleventh Wyoming Legislature |date=November 23, 1910 |work=Natrona County Tribune |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200722174348/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42118588/natrona-county-tribune/ |archive-date=July 22, 2020 |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> In 1912, he was selected by Governor [[Joseph M. Carey]] to serve as a delegate to the National Farm Congress.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55857335/natrona-county-tribune/ |title=National Farm Congress |date=July 10, 1912 |work=Natrona County Tribune |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200722175045/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55857335/natrona-county-tribune/ |archive-date=July 22, 2020 |page=9 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> During the [[1912 and 1913 United States Senate elections|1913 Senate election]] Carpenter nominated [[John B. Kendrick]] against incumbent Republican Senator [[Francis E. Warren]], but Kendrick lost both votes in the state House of Representatives and Senate.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55880384/natrona-county-tribune/ |title=Warren Is Re-Elected |date=February 13, 1913 |work=Natrona County Tribune |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200722231939/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55880384/natrona-county-tribune/ |archive-date=July 22, 2020 |page=6 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> During the twelfth session of the state legislature Carpenter served on the Immigration, Public Printing, and Public Accounts Senate committees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OSBEAQAAMAAJ |title=House Journal Of The Twelfth State Legislature Of Wyoming |date=1913 |publisher=Wyoming Legislature |via=Google Books |page=50}}</ref> He served until 1915.<ref name="life"/> |
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In 1912, he was elected to be Wyoming's Democratic Congressional committeeman and served as chairman of the Democratic Central Committee of Laramie county from 1914 to 1916.<ref name="life"/> In 1916, he was selected to serve as a delegate to the [[1916 Democratic National Convention|Democratic National Convention]] alongside |
In 1912, he was elected to be Wyoming's Democratic Congressional committeeman and served as chairman of the Democratic Central Committee of Laramie county from 1914 to 1916.<ref name="life"/> In 1916, he was selected to serve as a delegate to the [[1916 Democratic National Convention|Democratic National Convention]] alongside John B. Kendrick, Victor T. Johnson, Pete Kinney, J. J. Cash, and P. J. O'Connor.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55857555/natrona-county-tribune/ |title=Kendrick Endorsed By Demos As Senator Clark's Opponent |date=May 11, 1916 |work=Natrona County Tribune |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200722175359/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55857555/natrona-county-tribune/ |archive-date=July 22, 2020 |page=3 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |
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===U.S. House of Representatives=== |
===U.S. House of Representatives=== |
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Carpenter was a supporter of [[Prohibition in the United States|alcoholic prohibition]] and supported [[Perry W. Jenkins]]'s primary challenge against incumbent |
Carpenter was a supporter of [[Prohibition in the United States|alcoholic prohibition]] and supported [[Perry W. Jenkins]]'s primary challenge against incumbent republican representative [[Vincent Carter]] during the [[1932 United States House of Representatives elections|1932 House of Representatives election]] as Carter was against the [[Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|18th Amendment]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55858051/casper-star-tribune/ |title=Prohibition Becomes Issue |date=May 5, 1932 |work=Casper Star-Tribune |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200722180421/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55858051/casper-star-tribune/ |archive-date=July 22, 2020 |page=4 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |
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On September 13, 1932, he announced that he would run in the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] election as an independent and filed to run on September 26, as the nominee of the American Party.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55858474/casper-star-tribune/ |title=Carpenter To Be Candidate |date=September 13, 1932 |work=Casper Star-Tribune |url-status=live |archive-url= |
On September 13, 1932, he announced that he would run in the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] election as an independent and filed to run on September 26, as the nominee of the American Party.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55858474/casper-star-tribune/ |title=Carpenter To Be Candidate |date=September 13, 1932 |work=Casper Star-Tribune |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200722181205/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55858474/casper-star-tribune/ |archive-date=July 22, 2020 |page=5 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55858492/casper-star-tribune/ |title=Nomination Papers Filed By Carpenter |date=September 26, 1932 |work=Casper Star-Tribune |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200722181207/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55858492/casper-star-tribune/ |archive-date=July 22, 2020 |page=2 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> In the general election he placed fourth after spending $82.28 on his campaign.<ref name="election 1932">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55859265/casper-star-tribune/ |title=No Additional Charges In Results Shown By Canvass |date=November 18, 1932 |work=Casper Star-Tribune |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200722181924/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55859265/casper-star-tribune/ |archive-date=July 22, 2020 |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55859346/the-billings-gazette/ |title=Two Wyoming Parties Give Campaign Costs |date=December 2, 1932 |work=The Billings Gazette |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200722181944/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55859346/the-billings-gazette/ |archive-date=July 22, 2020 |page=10 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |
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==Later life== |
==Later life== |
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Carpenter opposed the sale of alcohol in Carpenter, Wyoming, following the repeal of the 18th Amendment and the end of alcoholic prohibition in the United States.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55859937/the-billings-gazette/ |title=Founder of Town Will Battle Beer |date=May 6, 1933 |work=The Billings Gazette |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200722182904/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55859937/the-billings-gazette/ |archive-date=July 22, 2020 |page=5 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |
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On January 27, 1943, Carpenter died at his home in [[Cheyenne, Wyoming]] after suffering from an illness for two months.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42117352/the_rock_island_argus/ |title=Deaths |date=29 January 1943 |work=The Rock Island Argus |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112002639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42117352/the_rock_island_argus/ |archive-date=12 January 2020 |url-status=live |page=14 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |
On January 27, 1943, Carpenter died at his home in [[Cheyenne, Wyoming]] after suffering from an illness for two months.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42117352/the_rock_island_argus/ |title=Deaths |date=29 January 1943 |work=The Rock Island Argus |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112002639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42117352/the_rock_island_argus/ |archive-date=12 January 2020 |url-status=live |page=14 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 21:38, 15 April 2024
James R. Carpenter | |
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| Member of the Wyoming Senate from Laramie County | |
| In office 1911–1915 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Ross Carpenter August 7, 1867 Monmouth, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | January 27, 1943 (aged 75) Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S. |
| Resting place | Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Fanny May Russell |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents |
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| Education | Monmouth College National Normal University |
| Signature |  |
James Ross Carpenter (August 7, 1867 – January 27, 1943) was a Wyoming politician and inventor who served in the Wyoming Senate as a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to his political career he helped in the founding and advertisement of multiple towns in Wyoming.
Early life
[edit]James Ross Carpenter was born in Monmouth, Illinois, to George Daniel Carpenter and Margery Ann Pollock on August 7, 1867. He was educated in public schools in Illinois and Kansas and graduated from Monmouth College and the National Normal University. On September 15, 1887, he married Fanny May Russell and later had three children with her.[1]
Career
[edit]Inventor and founder
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From 1887 to 1892, he was a rancher in western Kansas and then moved to Des Moines, Iowa from 1892 to 1907, before moving to Wyoming in 1907. There he helped create Carpenter, Wyoming, which was named in his honor, and then moved to Cheyenne in 1910.[1] In 1905, he founded the Federal Land Company that helped in the foundation and advertisement of multiple Wyoming towns including Burns, Wyoming.[2]
On June 8, 1898, Carpenter filed a patent for a wheelbarrow with detachable parts and was given the patent on January 3, 1899.[3] On December 19, 1936, he filed a patent for cutting agatized petrified wood.[4]
State politics
[edit]In 1910, Carpenter was elected to the Wyoming Senate from Laramie County as a member of the Democratic Party.[5] In 1912, he was selected by Governor Joseph M. Carey to serve as a delegate to the National Farm Congress.[6] During the 1913 Senate election Carpenter nominated John B. Kendrick against incumbent Republican Senator Francis E. Warren, but Kendrick lost both votes in the state House of Representatives and Senate.[7] During the twelfth session of the state legislature Carpenter served on the Immigration, Public Printing, and Public Accounts Senate committees.[8] He served until 1915.[1]
In 1912, he was elected to be Wyoming's Democratic Congressional committeeman and served as chairman of the Democratic Central Committee of Laramie county from 1914 to 1916.[1] In 1916, he was selected to serve as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention alongside John B. Kendrick, Victor T. Johnson, Pete Kinney, J. J. Cash, and P. J. O'Connor.[9]
U.S. House of Representatives
[edit]Carpenter was a supporter of alcoholic prohibition and supported Perry W. Jenkins's primary challenge against incumbent republican representative Vincent Carter during the 1932 House of Representatives election as Carter was against the 18th Amendment.[10]
On September 13, 1932, he announced that he would run in the House of Representatives election as an independent and filed to run on September 26, as the nominee of the American Party.[11][12] In the general election he placed fourth after spending $82.28 on his campaign.[13][14]
Later life
[edit]Carpenter opposed the sale of alcohol in Carpenter, Wyoming, following the repeal of the 18th Amendment and the end of alcoholic prohibition in the United States.[15]
On January 27, 1943, Carpenter died at his home in Cheyenne, Wyoming after suffering from an illness for two months.[16]
Electoral history
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Vincent Carter (incumbent) | 5,670 | 51.84% | ||
| Democratic | Paul Ranous Greever | 5,040 | 46.08% | ||
| Socialist | W. W. Wolfe | 126 | 1.15% | ||
| American | James R. Carpenter | 90 | 0.82% | ||
| Communist | George Morphis | 11 | 0.10% | ||
| Total votes | 10,937 | 100.00% | |||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Men of Wyoming: The National Newspaper Reference Book of Wyoming Containing Photographs and Biographies of Over Three Hundred Men Residents". C.S. Peterson. January 12, 1915. p. 48 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Lincoln Highway Photos". Archived from the original on July 22, 2020.
- ^ "US Patent 617,278". January 3, 1899. Archived from the original on July 23, 2020.
- ^ Office, United States Patent (January 12, 1938). "Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office". U.S. Department of Commerce. p. 144 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Eleventh Wyoming Legislature". Natrona County Tribune. November 23, 1910. p. 1. Archived from the original on July 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "National Farm Congress". Natrona County Tribune. July 10, 1912. p. 9. Archived from the original on July 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Warren Is Re-Elected". Natrona County Tribune. February 13, 1913. p. 6. Archived from the original on July 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "House Journal Of The Twelfth State Legislature Of Wyoming". Wyoming Legislature. 1913. p. 50 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Kendrick Endorsed By Demos As Senator Clark's Opponent". Natrona County Tribune. May 11, 1916. p. 3. Archived from the original on July 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Prohibition Becomes Issue". Casper Star-Tribune. May 5, 1932. p. 4. Archived from the original on July 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Carpenter To Be Candidate". Casper Star-Tribune. September 13, 1932. p. 5. Archived from the original on July 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Nomination Papers Filed By Carpenter". Casper Star-Tribune. September 26, 1932. p. 2. Archived from the original on July 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "No Additional Charges In Results Shown By Canvass". Casper Star-Tribune. November 18, 1932. p. 1. Archived from the original on July 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Two Wyoming Parties Give Campaign Costs". The Billings Gazette. December 2, 1932. p. 10. Archived from the original on July 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Founder of Town Will Battle Beer". The Billings Gazette. May 6, 1933. p. 5. Archived from the original on July 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Deaths". The Rock Island Argus. 29 January 1943. p. 14. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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