John Rice Carter (born November 6, 1941) is the Republican United States Congressional Representative from Texas's 31st congressional district (map). Carter was elected Secretary of the House Republican Conference by his colleagues on November 17, 2006.
Carter was born in Houston, but has spent most of his life in central Texas. Since 1971, he has lived in Round Rock, just north of Austin. He has been married to Erika Carter for almost 40 years, ...
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John Rice Carter (born November 6, 1941) is the Republican United States Congressional Representative from Texas's 31st congressional district (map). Carter was elected Secretary of the House Republican Conference by his colleagues on November 17, 2006.
Carter was born in Houston, but has spent most of his life in central Texas. Since 1971, he has lived in Round Rock, just north of Austin. He has been married to Erika Carter for almost 40 years, and they have four grown children.
Carter graduated from Texas Tech University with a degree in history in 1964, and earned a law degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1969. After graduating from law school, Carter served as the first general counsel to the Texas House of Representatives’ Agriculture Committee. Carter later began a successful private law practice in Round Rock.
In 1981, Carter was appointed as judge of the 277th District Court of Williamson County. He was elected to the post a year later — the first Republican...
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