John W. Carr

John W. Carr (March 26, 1874 – June 14, 1932) was a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as the 15th Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota under Governor George F. Shafer. Carr also served in the North Dakota House from 1923 to 1928.^[1]

Carr was born on March 26, 1874 in Fayette County, Iowa. He married Marie Remmen (May 19, 1874 - March 4, 1920) on August 22, 1905 in Valley City, North Dakota. They had four children: Edwin Remmen Carr, (June 11, 1906 - April 22, 1999), Mary Tora Carr McDonald (May 4, 1909 - November 2, 2003), William John Carr (February 8, 1915 - November 4, 1998), and Martha Marie Carr Oyen (October 5, 1917 - November 9, 1998). He died on June 14, 1932 in Jamestown, North Dakota. At the time of his death, Carr was a candidate for Governor of North Dakota.

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Governors and Lieutenant Governors of North Dakota Governors Miller A. Burke Shortridge Allin Briggs Devine Fancher White Sarles J. Burke Hanna Frazier Nestos Sorlie Maddock Shafer Langer O. Olson Moodie Welford Langer Moses Aandahl Brunsdale Davis Guy Link A. Olson Sinner Schafer Hoeven Dalrymple Lieutenant Governors Dickey Allin Wallace Worst Devine Bartlett Lewis Burdick Kraabel Fraine Kraabel Wood Hyland Maddock Carr Olson Welford Thoresen Patterson Oscar Hagen Holt Dahl Schnell Dahl Duffy Dahl Hagen Wenstrom Tighe Larsen Sanstead Sands Meiers Omdahl Myrdal Dalrymple Wrigley