James Carr (Massachusetts politician)

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James Carr (son of Francis Carr) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.

He was born in Bangor, Maine (then a part of Massachusetts), September 9, 1777; attended Exeter and Byfield Academies; clerk on U.S.S. Crescent; appointed as secretary to the United States consul at Algiers and served two years; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Orrington, Maine (then Massachusetts); member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1806-1811; elected as a Federalist to the Fourteenth Congress (1815-03-04 - 1817-03-03); was drowned in the Ohio River August 24, 1818; memorial headstone placed in Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.

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Preceded by
Abiel Wood		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 17th congressional district
1815-03-04 – 1817-03-03		 Succeeded by
John Wilson
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