Draft:Eleanor Carr (politician)
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Eleanor Fairall, Eleanor Fairall How, and Eleanor Fairall Howe Carr should link here She has also been documented with How instead of Howe as a lastname.
Eleanor Carr (May 18, 1807[1] - ?) was a state legislator in Colorado. A Republican, she represented Denver County in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1953-1954.[2] She was defeated in the 1954 Republican primary.[3] Ralph Carr, governor of Colorado, was her husband[4] until he died in 1950.[5][6][7]
Ralph Carr Carr married Gretchen Fowler and adopted two children, a boy and a girl. Years after she died, he married Eleanor Fairall[5] in 1948. She was a former client and the daughter of Herbert Fairall, an insurance businessman and publisher of the Daily Journal[8] who served as state treasurer.[9]
Ichiro "Joe" Nishida stated he erected a gravestone for her.[10] Ralph Carr wrote a letter noting their wedding.[11] Carr's first wife died.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Who's who in the West". Marquis Who's Who, Incorporated. October 26, 1960 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Women who served in the Colorado House of Representatives |".
- ^ "State of Colorado Elections Database » Candidate: Eleanor Carr". State of Colorado Elections Database.
- ^ https://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetc&j.nsf/(jouhse)/8DB4FF79E954A32587256B9E004E001B/$FILE/Ap17.pdf page 27
- ^ a b "Ralph Carr (1887-1950) | Denver Public Library Special Collections and Archives". history.denverlibrary.org.
- ^ "Carr, Eleanor (Widow of Ralph 7/52), 1952 | Denver Public Library ArchivesSpace". archives.denverlibrary.org.
- ^ "Framed Portrait of Ralph Carr". History Colorado. LucideaCore ARGUS.net.
- ^ https://denverposse.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1951-Brand-Book-Magazine-PDF.pdf
- ^ "Collection: Herbert C. Fairall Papers | Denver Public Library ArchivesSpace". archives.denverlibrary.org.
- ^ "Japanese American Military Experience Database | Discover Nikkei". discovernikkei.org.
- ^ https://downloads.densho.org/ddr-densho-356/ddr-densho-356-162-mezzanine-c74bf2df97.pdf
- ^ Capace, Nancy (January 1, 1999). Encyclopedia of Colorado. Somerset Publishers, Inc. ISBN 978-0-403-09813-2 – via Google Books.