Zilford Carter

Zilford C. Carter was a lawyer and state legislator in Indiana. He was a Republican.

Biography

He was born in Mexia, Texas. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I, including in France. He graduated with a B.S. and then an L.L.B. degree from Howard University and became a lawyer in South Bend, Indiana. He returned to military service during World War II. In 1947, he was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives. He also served as a prosecutor and board member on a fair practices employment board. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and American Legion.
Carter's wife of nine years died in 1939, at the age of 39, leaving Carter to raise their son, Nelson. On April 13, 1947, Carter married Emma Lou Carter, who would survive him by more than thirty years. Carter died at the age of 63 following a heart attack at his home in South Bend, having been pronounced dead on arrival at Memorial Hospital.