Background
Carter, Benjamin Estes was born on November 1, 1894 in Texarkana, Arkansas, United States. Son of Jacob Monroe and Nellie Haywood (Estes) Carter.
Carter, Benjamin Estes was born on November 1, 1894 in Texarkana, Arkansas, United States. Son of Jacob Monroe and Nellie Haywood (Estes) Carter.
Educated Phillips Exeter Academy, 1910-1912. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1916, Bachelor of Laws, 1922.
Estes. Admitted to Arkansas bar, 1922. City attorney Texarkana, Arkansas, 1924-1928. Representative from Miller County in Ark legislature, 1933-1937.
Chairman of Arkansas Department of Public Utilities, 1941-1942.
The American Association Foreign Justice of Arkansas Supreme Court since 1943. Officer of Field Artillery, 1916-1919.
With American Expeditionary Forces 16 months.
Member officers research corps, 1921-1936, Arkansas National Guards, 1936-1941, Texarkana School Board, 1937-1940. Member Kappa Sigma.; Mason. Club: Texarkana Country.
Married Hilda Arnoldson, September 26, 1923.