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Frank Carter was an American politician who held several key offices in Oklahoma throughout his career. He was first elected Oklahoma State Auditor in 1918, and later served as the Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner in 1922. Carter returned to the position of State Auditor in 1930 and again in 1938. He also held the office of Oklahoma Secretary of State, serving two non-consecutive terms, first in 1934 and again in 1942.

Biography

Frank C. Carter was born in Texas in 1862. He graduated from Eastman Business College in New York and returned to Texas, where he worked for a lumber company. In 1901, he moved to Frederick, Oklahoma, after the opening of the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Reservation. Following Oklahoma statehood, Carter served as the sheriff of Tillman County from 1907 to 1913.

Carter's political career in Oklahoma began when he was elected Oklahoma State Auditor in 1918, he went on to serve as the Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner in 1922, before returning to the State Auditor's office in 1930. In 1934, he was elected Oklahoma Secretary of State, a position he held until 1938, when he became State Auditor once again, he was re-elected to the office of Secretary of State in 1942.

Carter passed away in 1954.

References

1. "Frank Carter, Class of 1937". oklahomahof.com. Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

v t e Oklahoma state auditors and inspectors
State Auditor (1907–1979)	Trapp Meyer McClelland Howard Carter Childers A. S. J. Shaw Carter Childers Carter Childers A. S. J. Shaw Cartwright A. S. J. Shaw A. F. Shaw Cobb Parr
State Inspector (1907–1979)	Taylor Parkinson Mechling John Rogers Morris Burson J. M. Rogers
State Auditor and Inspector (since 1979)	Daxon Scott McMahan Burrage Jones Byrd

• 1862 births
• 1954 deaths
• Corporation Commissioners of Oklahoma
• Eastman Business College alumni
• Oklahoma Democrats
• Oklahoma sheriffs
• State auditors of Oklahoma
• Secretaries of state of Oklahoma