F. Ertel Carlyle
American politician
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Frank Ertel Carlyle (April 7, 1897 – October 2, 1960) was an American lawyer and World War I veteran who served four terms as a United States representative of the Democratic Party from the state of North Carolina from 1949 to 1957.
April 4, 1897
Frank E. Carlyle | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 6th district | |
| In office January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1957 | |
| Preceded by | J. Bayard Clark |
| Succeeded by | Alton A. Lennon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Frank Ertel Carlyle April 4, 1897 |
| Died | October 2, 1960 (aged 63) Lumberton, NC |
| Party | Democratic |
Career
Carlyle graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
After serving in the US Navy during World War I he practiced law in Lumberton, North Carolina and served as the solicitor of the 9th judicial district of North Carolina.
Congress
In 1948, Carlyle was elected to the 81st United States Congress. He would serve three more terms before losing re-election in 1956. He was a signatory to the 1956 Southern Manifesto that opposed the desegregation of public schools ordered by the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education.[citation needed]
External links
- United States Congress. "F. Ertel Carlyle (id: C000156)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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