William Leighton Carss

William Leighton Carss, (February 15, 1865 – May 31, 1931) a Representative from Minnesota; born in Pella, Marion County, Iowa, and subsequently moved with his parents to Des Moines, Iowa, in 1867. There he attended the public schools, studied civil and mechanical engineering and followed that profession for a number of years. He moved to St. Louis County, Minnesota in 1893 and settled in Proctor where he found work as a locomotive engineer. Carss was elected as a Farmer-Labor candidate to the Sixty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921) from Minnesota's 8th congressional district. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection as a Democrat in 1920 to the 67th United States Congress and for election in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress. He was elected on the Farmer-Labor ticket to the Sixty-ninth and Seventieth Congresses (March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1929); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress and for election in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress. Carss moved to Duluth, Minnesota in 1929; where he resumed his position as locomotive engineer at Proctor. He died in Duluth and was intered in Oneota Cemetery.

Preceded by Clarence B. Miller	U.S. Representative from the 8th Congressional District of Minnesota 1919 – 1921	Succeeded by Oscar Larson
Preceded by Oscar Larson	U.S. Representative from the 8th Congressional District of Minnesota 1925 – 1929	Succeeded by William Pittenger