Background
Manasco, Carter was born on January 3, 1902 in Townley, Alabama, United States. Son of John Claude and Dora Letitia (Beaty) Manasco.
United States representative lawyer politician
Manasco, Carter was born on January 3, 1902 in Townley, Alabama, United States. Son of John Claude and Dora Letitia (Beaty) Manasco.
Born in Townley, Alabama, Manasco attended the public schools and Howard College, Birmingham, Alabama. He graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law, Bachelor of Laws, 1927 and Juris Doctor 1929.
He was admitted to the bar the same year and began practice in Jasper, Alabama. He served as secretary to Speaker William B. Bankhead, 1933-1940. Manasco was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Walter West. Bankhead.
He was reelected to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses and served from June 24, 1941, to January 3, 1949.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments (Seventy-eighth and Seventy-ninth Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1948.
He resumed the practice of law and engaged in public relations work. He was legislative counsel, National Coal Association from 1949 to 1985.
He was a resident of McLean, Virginia, until his death in Arlington, Virginia, on February 5, 1992.
He served as member of the Alabama House of Representatives from 1930 to 1934. He served as member of the first Hoover Commission on Reorganization of the Executive Departments from 1947 to 1949.
Married Mae Emma Guyton, August 1, 1942 (deceased June 1963). Two sons (one deceased).