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David Kellogg Cartter (June 22, 1812 – April 16, 1887) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, and later a diplomat and federal judge. Born in Jefferson County, New York, Cartter pursued preparatory studies, reading law in Rochester, New York and being admitted to the bar there in 1832. He commenced private practice in Rochester, moving four years later to Akron, Ohio, and then to Massillon, Ohio, where he continued the practice of law. Cartter was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853). He served as chairman of the Committee on Patents (Thirty-second Congress). He moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1856 and continued his law practice. He served as delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention, and served as spokesman for the Ohio delegation as it cast the votes to clinch the nomination of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln, as President, appointed Cartter to be United States Minister to Bolivia, for which he served from March 27, 1861, to March 10, 1862. On March 10, 1863, President Lincoln nominated Cartter as Chief Justice of the newly established Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (which would later become the United States District Court for the District of Columbia), created by . Cartter was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 11, 1863, and received his commission the same day. He served thereafter until his death, in 1887, in Washington, D.C.. He was interred in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Kellogg Cartter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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