{{Short description|American politician (1864-1955)}} {{other people|William Carter}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = William Henry Carter | image = William Henry Carter.jpeg | state = [[Massachusetts]] | district = [[Massachusetts's 13th congressional district|13th]] | term_start = March 4, 1915 | term_end = March 3, 1919 | preceded = [[John Joseph Mitchell]] | succeeded = [[Robert Luce]] | order2 = | office2 = Massachusetts House of Representatives | term_start2 = 1906 | term_end2 = 1906 | preceded2 = | succeeded2 = | order3 = | office3 = | term_start3 = | term_end3 = | preceded3 = | succeeded3 = | office4 = | term_start4 = | term_end4 = | preceded4 = | succeeded4 = | office5 = | term_start5 = | preceded5 = | succeeded5 = | birth_date = June 15, 1864 | birth_place = [[Needham, Massachusetts|Needham Heights, Massachusetts]], U.S. | death_date = April 23, 1955 (aged 90) | death_place = Needham, Massachusetts, U.S. | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = | relations = | children = | father = William Carter | alma_mater = [[Comers Commercial College]] | occupation = | profession = knit-underwear manufacturing | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}<!-- This article was automatically created by [[User:polbot]] from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000205. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. -->
'''William Henry Carter''' (June 15, 1864 – April 23, 1955) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]].
Born at [[Needham, Massachusetts|Needham Heights, Massachusetts]], Carter attended public schools. He graduated from [[Comers Commercial College]], [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. He worked in several capacities at the knit-underwear manufacturing plant of the William Carter Co. He served as a member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] in 1906 and of the Republican State committee in 1907 and 1908.
Carter was elected as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] to the [[64th United States Congress|Sixty-fourth]] and [[65th United States Congress|Sixty-fifth]] Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1918. He was interested in real-estate development. He was elected president of the [[William Carter Company]] in 1918 and continued manufacturing activities until his death. He died in [[Needham, Massachusetts]], April 23, 1955. He was interred in Needham Cemetery.
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