William Carter Love (1784–1835) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Norfolk, Virginia, in 1784; moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina; was tutored at home; attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1802–1804; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Salisbury, North Carolina, in 1806; elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817); resumed the practice of law in Salisbury, Rowan County, N.C., where he died in 1835; interment in a private cemetery in Salisbury.