Randolph Carpenter
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William Randolph Carpenter (April 24, 1894 - July 26, 1956) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Born in Marion, Kansas, Carpenter attended public and high schools. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1917. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Marion, Kansas. He was also interested in agricultural pursuits. Organized Company M, Third Regiment Infantry, Kansas National Guard, serving as second lieutenant. During the First World War was transferred to Company M, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Infantry, Thirty-fifth Division. He was promoted to first lieutenant during the Argonne offensive, and served until his discharge on May 8, 1919. He served as member of the Marion Board of Education 1925-1933. He served in the State house of representatives 1929-1933.
Carpenter was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1937). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1936. He resumed the practice of law. United States attorney for the district of Kansas 1945-1948. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor in 1948. He served as member of the United States Motor Carrier Claims Commission 1950-1952. He died in Topeka, Kansas, July 26, 1956. He was interred in Highland Cemetery, Marion, Kansas.
