Zina R. Carter

Zina Roscoe Carter[2] was an American businessman and politician who served as the president of the Sanitary District of Chicago Board of Trustees as well as a Chicago alderman. He was the unsuccessful Republican Party nominee for mayor of Chicago in 1899. He also served as president of the Chicago Board of Trade for the year 1898.

Zina R. Carter
President of the Sanitary District of Chicago Board of Trustees
In office
1903–1905
Trustee of the Sanitary District of Chicago
In office
1896–1905
Chicago Alderman from the 10th Ward[1]
In office
1895–1896
Serving with Fred C. Engel
Preceded byJohn F. Dorman
Succeeded byAugust W. Miller
Personal details
DiedApril 19, 1922 (age 75)
Chicago, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
RelativesOrrin N. Carter (brother)

Early life and family

Carter was born and raised on a farm in Wheaton, Illinois.[2]

Carter had four siblings, Orrin, Alpheus, Benajah, and Armada.[2]

Business career

Carter moved to Chicago in 1871. There, he founded the Z. R. Carter and Bro. feed and flour business.[3]

Carter was a member of the Chicago Board of Trade for nearly four decades.[3] He served as its president in 1898.[4]

Political career

Chicago alderman

In 1895, Carter was elected a member of the Chicago City Council from the tenth ward.[3]

Sanitary District of Chicago board of trustees

Having been elected to the Sanitary District of Chicago board of trustees in the November 1895 election, Carter resigned from the Chicago City Council in January 1896 to assume his new office.[5]

In 1899, Carter was the Republican Party's nominee for mayor of Chicago. He lost the election to Carter Harrison Jr.[6]

In November 1903, an agreement was reached that the board would elect Carter would be voted by the board as its president on December 8, 1903.[7]

Carter ended his tenure on the board in 1905.[3]

Death

After a brief illness, Carter died at the age of 75 on April 19, 1922 at Chicago's Columbus hospital.[3]

References
  1. "Centennial List of Mayors, City Clerks, City Attorneys, City Treasurers, and Aldermen, elected by the people of the city of Chicago, from the incorporation of the city on March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1937, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the years during which each official held office". Archived from the original on September 4, 2018. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
  2. "THIS IS ZINA CARTER". Newspapers.com. The Inter Ocean (Chicago). 12 Mar 1899. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  3. "ZINA R. CARTER, ONCE CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR, DEAD". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. 20 Apr 1922. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  4. "Revenue Law to Stand as It Is". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. 14 Dec 1898.
  5. "ALL FOND OF THE COUNCIL". Newspapers.com. The Chicago Chronicle. 27 Jan 1896. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  6. The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year Book for 1912. Chicago Daily News, Incorporated. 1911. p. 464. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  7. "PREVENTS WORK ON THE CALUMET". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. 19 Nov 1903. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
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