Ralph L. Carr
| Ralph Lawrence Carr | |
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| 29th Governor of Colorado | |
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In office January 10, 1939 – January 12, 1943 |
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| Lieutenant | John Charles Vivian |
| Preceded by | Teller Ammons |
| Succeeded by | John Charles Vivian |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 11, 1887 Rosita, Colorado |
| Died | September 22, 1950 (aged 62) Denver, Colorado |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Gretchen Fowler (2) Eleanor Fairall Howe |
| Profession | lawyer, newspaper editor |
Ralph Lawrence Carr (December 11, 1887 – September 22, 1950) was the 29th Governor of Colorado from 1939 to 1943.
Born in Rosita in Custer County, Carr grew up in Cripple Creek in Teller County, graduated from Cripple Creek High School in 1905, and earned a law degree in 1912 from the University of Colorado. After more than a decade in private practice, he moved to Denver, and in 1929, President Herbert Hoover appointed him U.S. Attorney for Colorado.
In 1938, after running unopposed in the Republican primary, Carr was elected to a two-year term as governor of Colorado, defeating Democrat Teller Ammons, the incumbent governor.
A conservative Republican, Carr was committed to fiscal restraint in state government and opposed the New Deal policies of President Franklin Roosevelt.
In July 1939, he joined 33 other governors is a statement calling for "moral rearmament" as a solution to the current economic crisis. In August he sent the Colorado national guard to quell violence between AFL-organized strikers and non-strikers at the Green Mountain Dam construction site. In late 1939, when he was mentioned as a possible Republican candidate for vice-president on the national ticket in 1940, he indicated he preferred to seek re-election as governor: "I am not interested in any job outside Colorado right now." At the Republican National Convention in June 1940, Carr supported Wendell Willkie and seconded his nomination.
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