Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-19
DEATH OF W. r. CARTER
Prominent Milwaukee Attorney Sue
cumbs to Stroke of AppOpleXy.

81. Carter, which occurred at his home
in Milwaukee Tuesday evening came
as great surprise to relatives and
friends in Lancaster where the able
lawyer was SO we'll and favorably
known.
Death was caused by a stroke OF
apoplexy which Mr.. Carter suffered at
$50 o'clock. For four days he had
been i'll with Indigestion. but no Sc
rious results were anticipated. 1t is
thought that the stroke which caused
his death was superinduced by an at
tack OF the grip which he suffered last
winter and from which he never fully
recovered.
At his bedside when he died were his
wife, his younger son, Thomas P. Car
ter, and his two daughters, the Misses
Myrtle E. and Sue. The older son,
Byron E. Carter, was at his home in
Chicago, but was notified of his fathers
demise and arrived shortly.
DR.. G. HI. Lemon had been attending
Mr.. Carter in his illness, and in the
morning he left him, apparently on
the rapid road to recovery. At $50 in
the evening he was hurriedly sum-
moned by members of the family, and
Immediately upon his arrival at the
house, realizing that his patient was
in grave danger, he summoned in con
sultation DR.. George D. Ladd. The
two physicians were working to rally
Mr.. Carter, when his death took place.
In the death of Mr.. Carter the bar
of Wisconsin loses one of it's best
known members. Prior to his going
to Milwaukee, some ten years ago, be
had for thirty-four years practiced
law in Platteville, and was the recipi-
ent of many political honors from the
people of Grant county Elected to
the assembly in 1877 he served three
consecutive terms in that body, and
in addition was member of the board
of regents of the state university.
While in the legislature he took a
prominent part in debate, and in the
committee work of his party, and on
several occasions he was sent as dele
gate from his district to the national
conventions of the republican party.
In the year 1880 he was chosen dele
gate to the convention, which met in
Chicago on June 2 to s, and worked
lard for the final nomination on the
thirty-sixth ballot of James A. Gar
field, after a deadlock over Grant,
Sherman and Blaine.
William e. Carter was born Nov. II.
1888, at Piecombe, County of Sussex,
England. He was the Oldest of family
Of ten children, and when he was Is
years old his parents, William and
Ann Carter, moved to America, set
Ting in Lancaster, Wis. After the ar
rival of the family in this state Mr.
Carter entered the law office of j.
Allen Barber, we'll known attorney
Of the early days Of Wisconsin. Previ-
Gus to the time that he began the
study of law all the education he had
was what he had given himself, as he
was without the advantages of masters
or schools which he might attend.
In the late sos he was admitted to
the bar, and for few years he prac-
ticed law in Lancaster. In 1861 he
moved to Platteville, and upon his ar
rival there fo4 med partnership with
Judge Paine, who had served long
time upon the circuit bench of Grant
county.
During the time that he had been
reading law in Lancaster he had taken
an active interest in politics, and
previous to his admission to the bar
he held clerical positions at several of
the sessions of the state legislature.
This political activity continued
during his Platteville residence, and
in 1877 he was nominated by the re-
publican state convention for the Of
flee of attorney general. This nomin-
alton he declined and in the same
year he was elected to the ASSEMBLE '
and appointed member of the board
of regents of the state university. He
was twice reelected to the assembly
and during the sessions was one of the
leaders, not only on the floor but in
the committees as we'll. He was also
an intimate friend Ct Judge Byron
Paine of the Wisconsin Supreme
bench.
He is particularly remembered in
republican national circles because of
the part he played in the convention
of 1880 which nominated Garfield for
the presidency. For thirty-three bal
lots Grant, Sherman, and Blaine had
been receiving the bulk of the votes,
with Garfield getting one or two votes
on each. On the thirty-fourth ballot
Wisconsin gave Garfield sixteen votes,
and this swinging of the delegation in
to line was followed by his ultimate
nomination. Mr.. Carter in that fight
worked hard and was instrumental in
winning over the state delegation by
his eloquent appeal for Garfield.
In 1895 Mr.. Carter removed to Mil
waukee and entered the law firm Of
Van Dyke & Van Dyke, which was
changed to Van Dyke Il Van Dyke d
Carter Among the cases he con-
Quoted at Milwaukee was the
famous litigation of the Illinois