Milton Robert Carr

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Milton Robert Carr, commonly known as Bob Carr, (born March 27, 1943) is a lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.

Carr was born in Janesville, Wisconsin and was educated in public schools of Janesville. He received a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison in 1965 and a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1968. He did graduate work at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan and was admitted to the Wisconsin bar in 1968 and to the Michigan bar in 1969. He commenced practice in Lansing, Michigan and served as Michigan assistant attorney general, 1970-1972.

Carr was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives for the Ninety-fourth and to the two succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1975 to January 3, 1981. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1980 to the Ninety-seventh Congress, but was elected to the Ninety-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1983 to January 3, 1995. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1994, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate, losing to Spencer Abraham.

In 2005 Carr became Of Counsel at DowLohnes PLLC, a communications law firm in Washington, DC where he works in the firm's Government Relations and Public Policy practice as a lobbyist.

This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.