SETH M. CARTER
Sprague's
Journal of Maine History
Vol. VI
Nov. Dec. 1918, Jan. 1919
No. 3
page 96
Also Available in the Maine GenWeb Archives in text format
SETH M. CARTER
Born in Waterville, Maine, July 25, 1854, and died in Auburn, Maine, Jan. 5, 1918.
He was the son of A.Warren and Ada May Carter. He was graduated from Bowdoin in 1875 and received the degree of A. M. from Bowdoin in 1878.
Immediately following his graduation he commenced the study of law, and was admitted to the Androscoggin bar in 1877. He became a member of the firm of Frye, Cotton and White, of which the senior member was U. S. Senator William P. Frye. Hon. John B. Cotton, former assistant attorney general of the United States and Wallace H. White were the other members with Mr. Carter. Upon Mr. Cotton's removal to Washington, Senator Frye withdrew from the firm which has since been continued as White and Carter.
Mr. Carter was city solicitor of Auburn and has been a member of the Governor's Council of Maine. He was chairman of the Republican State committee for a number of years and was a trustee of the Androscoggin County Savings bank and a director of the Somerset railroad. Mr. Carter made a specialty of corporation law. For a great many sessions of the legislature he represented the Maine Central Railroad Co. at Augusta. He was appointed receiver of the Rangeley Lakes and Sandy River railroad and was prominent in its reorganization. Since 1912, Mr. Carter has been general counsel of the Maine Central Railroad. He was a member of the county, state and national bar associations and was one of the incorporators of the Maine Bar association.
He was a man of high character and unquestioned integrity.
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