Background
Warren, Lindsay Carter was born on December 16, 1889 in Washington, North Carolina, United States. Son of Charles Frederic and Elizabeth Mutter (Blount) Warren.
Warren, Lindsay Carter was born on December 16, 1889 in Washington, North Carolina, United States. Son of Charles Frederic and Elizabeth Mutter (Blount) Warren.
Warren studied at Bingham School in Asheville from 1903 to 1906. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1906 to 1908 and then from 1911 to 1912 (the second time studying law).
He was admitted to the bar in 1912 and practiced law in his hometown of Washington. Also in 1912, Warren was named county attorney for Beaufort County, North Carolina, and elected the chairman of the executive committee for the county Democratic Party. He would hold both posts until 1925.
He was elected to the North Carolina Senate in 1917 and 1919, serving as Senate president pro tem in 1919 and 1920, and as the chair of the special legislative commission on workmen"s compensation acts.
In 1920, Warren succeeded in preventing a Senate vote on ratification of the 19th Amendment, which would guarantee women"s suffrage (nevertheless, Tennessee ratified the amendment the next day, making the amendment effective throughout the country). In 1923, Warren was sent to the North Carolina House of Representatives for a single term before being elected, in 1924, to the 69th United States Congress.
He was re-elected seven times, serving in the United States. House of Representatives from March 4, 1925 until November 1, 1940, when he resigned from Congress. During the 72nd through 76th Congresses, he was chairman of the Committee on Accounts.
He was also a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1932 and 1940, and chaired the North Carolina Democratic Convention in 1930 and 1934.
Warren left Congress to accept the post of of the United States, serving in that role for almost fourteen years, until May 1, 1954. President Franklin Roosevelt had offered Warren the post in 1936 and in 1938 but he had declined lieutenant As, Warren led the General Accounting Office through World World War II and worked with the Truman Committee to outlaw kickbacks by subcontractors to defense contractors.
He oversaw an increase in the agency"s workforce and extensively reorganized General Accounting Office. Warren returned to the North Carolina House of Representatives for two additional terms in 1959 and 1961, and died in 1976 in his hometown of Washington, North Carolina.
A 2.8-mile bridge, one of the longest in North Carolina, was built in 1960 over the Alligator River and is named in honor of.
Member North Carolina Senate, 1917, 19 (president pro tem. 1919); member Code communications of North Carolina, 1919. Member North Carolina House of Representatives, 1923.
Member of 69th to 76th Congresses (1925-1941), 1st North Carolina District.
Member Constitutional Commission North Carolina, 1931.
Married Emily Harris, January 28, 1916. Children: Emily Carter, Lindsay Carter, Charles.