Background
Carter, Joseph Newton was born on March 12, 1843 in Hardin Company, Kentucky, United States. Son of William P. and Martha (Mays) Carter.
Carter, Joseph Newton was born on March 12, 1843 in Hardin Company, Kentucky, United States. Son of William P. and Martha (Mays) Carter.
Bachelor of Science, Illinois College, 1866. Bachelor of Laws, University of Michigan, 1868. (Doctor of Laws, Illinois College, 1898).
Practiced law, Quincy, Illinois, 1869-1894. Member legislature, 1879 and 1881. Judge Supreme Court of the Illinois, 1894-1903 (chief justice, 1898).
Resumed practice, 1903. Home: Quincy, Ill.
Member legislature, 1879 and 1881.
Married Ellen D. Barrell, December 3, 1879.