Jesse Carter (Florida politician)

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Jesse Carter was an American state legislator, mail contractor, and state militia officer in Tampa, Florida, as well as a school co-founder. He was a Democrat. [1]

Carter was a commanding officer dealing with "Indian disturbances". [2] As a state official, he was involved with provisioning Tampa during the Seminole Wars. [3] He represented the 11th Senatorial District. [4]

Carter's home was where the University of Tampa is now located. [5] He built a schoolhouse for his daughter. [6] [7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ Picking Up the Pieces: Tampa 1848-1853 - USF Scholar Commons by C Brown Jr · 1999
  2. ↑ "United States Congressional Serial Set". U.S. Government Printing Office. July 6, 1887 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Florida. Legislature. House (1881). Journal ... p. 296.
  4. ↑ Florida. Legislature. Senate (1845). Journal of the Proceedings of the Senate of the General Assembly of the State of Florida at the ... Session ... The State. p. 3.
  5. ↑ "J". www.tampapix.com.
  6. ↑ "Sape A. Zylstra Collection of Tampa Architectural Slides". University of South Florida Libraries Digital Collections. Archived from the original on 2021-01-23. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2021-01-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ↑ "Old Schoolhouse Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
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