William Leighton Carss

William Leighton Carss, (February 15, 1865 – May 31, 1931) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota; born in Pella, Marion County, Iowa and subsequently moved with his parents to Des Moines, Iowa, in 1867. There he attended the public schools, studied civil and mechanical engineering and followed that profession for a number of years. He moved to St. Louis County, Minnesota in 1893 and settled in Proctor where he found work as a locomotive engineer. Carss was elected as a Farmer-Labor candidate to the 66th congress (March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921) from Minnesota's 8th congressional district. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection as a Democrat in 1920 to the 67th congress and for election in 1922 to the 68th congress. He was elected on the Farmer-Labor ticket to the 69th and 70th congresses (March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1929); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the 71st congress and for election in 1930 to the 72nd congress. Carss moved to Duluth, Minnesota in 1929 where he resumed his position as locomotive engineer at Proctor. He died in Duluth and was interred in Oneota Cemetery.

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* [http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00018.html William L. Carss: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society]