Ralph Carr
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Ralph Lawrence Carr (December 11, 1887 – September 22, 1950) was a conservative Republican from Colorado who led the opposition to Democrat president Franklin D. Roosevelt's internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. He served as the governor of the state from 1939 to 1943.
Political career
Governor of Colorado
Carr ran for governor in 1939 and won the general election, defeating incumbent Democrat Teller Ammons by nearly twenty percentage points.[1] He was re-elected in 1940 to serve for another two years.[2]
Carr opposed much of the New Deal due to its extensive bureaucracy.[3] He single-handedly railed against a congressional proposal in February 1941 which would have created a program similar to the Tennessee Valley Authority.[4]
References
- ↑ CO Governor Race - Nov 08, 1938. Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
- ↑ CO Governor Race - Nov 05, 1940. Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
- ↑ Carr.pdf. Colorado State Archives. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
- ↑ The Lantern , 4 February 1941. The Ohio State University. Retrieved May 26, 2021.