Background
Mccarty, Dwight Gaylord was born on April 1, 1878 in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. Son of George Buchanan and Maria (Blair) Mccarty.
Mccarty, Dwight Gaylord was born on April 1, 1878 in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. Son of George Buchanan and Maria (Blair) Mccarty.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Grinnell (Iowa) College, 1901, Master of Arts, 1904. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1904.
Admitted to Iowa bar, 1904, and practiced at Emmetsburg. Admitted to practice in Federal Courts, 1907. Associated with his father, 1904-1928, later practiced alone.
Secretary Emmetsburg Hotel Company, 1917-1946.
Chairman City Plan Commn, from 1914. Member Public Library Board, Iowa Town Planning Association (Vice-President 1928-1929).
Chairman Iowa Conference on Planning, 1936. Member Palo Alto County Planning Council, 1936-1938.
Member Judicial Advisory Common for Iowa 1936-1944.
Secretary Republican Central Committee, Palo Alto County, Iowa, 1910-1912. Alternate delegate to National Republican Convention, 1916. Trustee of Emmetsburg Cemetery Association.
Member American Bar Association, Iowa State Bar Association 14th Judicial District Bar Association (president 1934), Palo Alto County Bar Association (president 1932), State History Society of Iowa, Phi Beta Kappa. Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle), chief adviser Emmetsburg Chapter, De Molay, 1923-1948 (awarded De Molay Cross of Honor 1928). Club: Commercial.
Married Guinevere Craven, June 16, 1904. Children: Gaylord Craven, Stanton Eliot (deceased), Dwight Gordon.