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Carter first ran for election to the House in 1964 following the announced retirement of [[libertarian]] [[conservative]] U.S. representative [[Eugene Siler]], and [[Old Right]]-oriented Republican. Facing Democrat Frances Jones Mills, he won by a margin of only six percentage points in the GOP stronghold due to the political strength of [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in the concurrent presidential race.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=122393 KY District 5 Race - Nov 03, 1964]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 7, 2021.</ref> He was continuously re-elected seven times afterwards by double-digit margins.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=16574 Candidate - Tim Lee Carter]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 7, 2021.</ref>

Carter first ran for election to the House in 1964 following the announced retirement of [[libertarian]] [[conservative]] U.S. representative [[Eugene Siler]], and [[Old Right]]-oriented Republican. Facing Democrat Frances Jones Mills, he won by a margin of only six percentage points in the GOP stronghold due to the political strength of [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in the concurrent presidential race.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=122393 KY District 5 Race - Nov 03, 1964]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 7, 2021.</ref> He was continuously re-elected seven times afterwards by double-digit margins.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=16574 Candidate - Tim Lee Carter]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 7, 2021.</ref>

Rep. Carter voted for the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]]<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/h87 TO PASS H.R. 6400, THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved November 7, 2021.</ref> and the Fair Housing Act of 1968.<ref>[TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR INTERFERENCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS. INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON ENGAGED IN ONE OF THE 8 ACTIVITIES PROTECTED UNDER THIS BILL MUST BE RACIALLY MOTIVATED TO INCUR THE BILL'S PENALTIES.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved November 7, 2021.</ref>

Rep. Carter voted for the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]]<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/h87 TO PASS H.R. 6400, THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved November 7, 2021.</ref> and the Fair Housing Act of 1968.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/h113 TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR INTERFERENCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS. INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON ENGAGED IN ONE OF THE 8 ACTIVITIES PROTECTED UNDER THIS BILL MUST BE RACIALLY MOTIVATED TO INCUR THE BILL'S PENALTIES.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved November 7, 2021.</ref>

Similar to his predecessor Siler, Carter became an opponent of U.S. involvement in the [[Vietnam War]] and notably became the first GOP representative to vocally advocate end it.<ref name=papers>May 22, 2013. [https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=3951&context=dlsc_mss_fin_aid Carter, Tim Lee, 1910-1987 (MSS 80)]. ''Western Kentucky University''. Retrieved November 7, 2021.</ref> He told President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] at one point:<ref name=wapo>March 28, 1987. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1987/03/28/former-rep-tim-lee-carter-of-kentucky-dies-at-age-76/74368c5b-24c9-43fc-b76d-a58f75e1e30d/ FORMER REP. TIM LEE CARTER OF KENTUCKY DIES AT AGE 76]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved November 7, 2021.</ref>

Similar to his predecessor Siler, Carter became an opponent of U.S. involvement in the [[Vietnam War]] and notably became the first GOP representative to vocally advocate end it.<ref name=papers>May 22, 2013. [https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=3951&context=dlsc_mss_fin_aid Carter, Tim Lee, 1910-1987 (MSS 80)]. ''Western Kentucky University''. Retrieved November 7, 2021.</ref> He told President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] at one point:<ref name=wapo>March 28, 1987. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1987/03/28/former-rep-tim-lee-carter-of-kentucky-dies-at-age-76/74368c5b-24c9-43fc-b76d-a58f75e1e30d/ FORMER REP. TIM LEE CARTER OF KENTUCKY DIES AT AGE 76]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved November 7, 2021.</ref>