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2 unusual facts about Nathaniel L. Carpenter


Carpenter Schools

Nathaniel L. Carpenter was raised and educated in Lancaster, New York, and went into the stage and hotel business there.

Carpenter, Mississippi

A former railroad town located seven miles from Utica in the extreme northwestern corner of the county, Carpenter was named for Joseph Neibert Carpenter, president of the Natchez, Jackson and Columbia Railroad.


Bob Carpenter Center

Bob Carpenter Center is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena, in Newark, Delaware, named in honor of benefactor and trustee, R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr. (1915–1990).

Bobby Carpenter

R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr. (1915–1990), former owner of the Philadelphia Phillies

Carpenter, Kentucky

Carpenter was named for its first postmaster and doctor, Ensley A. Carpenter, who moved to Whitley County shortly after the Civil War from neighboring Claiborne County, Tennessee.

Charles C. Carpenter

Carpenter's Boomers established a nominal settlement called City of Oklahoma on Deep Fork River (Deep Fork of the North Canadian River).

Charles T. Carpenter

Charles Thomas Carpenter, born December 9, 1858 in Bedford County, Tennessee, died February 22, 1945 at Montgomery County, Kansas, was a pioneer banker who was taken hostage by the Dalton Gang in their last raid, October 5, 1892, in Coffeyville, Kansas.

He was also senior partner in the Charles T. Carpenter Insurance Agency, the largest agency in Montgomery County, Kansas.

Daniel C. Carpenter

After Superintendent John Kennedy was attacked by a mob and hospitalized, overall command of the police force fell to Commissioner Thomas Coxon Acton and John G. Bergen while Carpenter took command of police squads on the streets.

Daniel Carpenter

Daniel C. Carpenter (1816-1866), American law enforcement officer and police inspector of the New York Police Department

Elias McMellen

James C. Carpenter, another prolific Lancaster County covered bridge builder

Eulithomyrmex

The fossils were first studied by paleoentomologist Frank M. Carpenter of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Frank Carpenter

Frank M. Carpenter (1902–1994), American entomologist & paleontologist

Franklin Carpenter

Franklin B. Carpenter (1818–1862), American lumber merchant and politician

Hermon P. Carpenter

Carpenter graduated from Sue Bennett Memorial School, now Sue Bennett College, at London, Kentucky, and worked his way through Kentucky Wesleyan College, where he received the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1909.

Horace Carpenter

Horace B. Carpenter (1875–1945), American actor, film director and screenwriter

Isaac Carpenter

Isaac W. Carpenter, Jr. (1893–1983), American businessman and Assistant Secretary of State for Administration

Isaac M. "Ike" Carpenter (1920–1998), American Jazz bandleader and pianist

James C. Carpenter

Only Elias McMellen is known to have built more covered bridges in the county, including a rebuild of Kauffman's Distillery Covered Bridge and Leaman's Place Covered Bridge, both originally built by James C. Carpenter.

John M. Carpenter

During his career, Carpenter has held a number of term appointments at public and private institutions, including Visiting Scientist at Phillips Petroleum Company, Nuclear Technology Branch, Idaho Falls, Idaho, Fall 1965; Argonne National Laboratory, Solid State Science Division, 1971-1972, 1973; Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Physics Division, 1973; and the Japanese Laboratory for High Energy Physics, Kō Enerugī Kasokuki Kenkyū Kikō, (KEK), 1982 and 1993.

John W. Carpenter

Portions of State Highway 114 and State Highway 183 are named in his honor (John W. Carpenter Freeway).

Levi D. Carpenter

He was not a candidate for reelection in 1844 to the 29th United States Congress.

Carpenter was elected as a Democrat to the 28th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Samuel Beardsley and served from November 5, 1844 to March 3, 1845.

Nathaniel L. Clapton

He attended the Royal Grammar School Worcester, before gaining a scholarship to Hertford College, Oxford, where he gained first class honours in Mathematical Moderations in 1923 and in the Final Honour School of Mathematics in 1925.

Nathaniel L. Goldstein

Throughout his public life, he was a leading voice in philanthropic endeavors through his participation in United Jewish Appeal, National Conference of Christians and Jews, Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel bond organization, Willkie Memorial of Freedom House, Pace University and New York Law School.

The ticket proved victorious in November and both Dewey and Goldstein went on to win two more times, in 1946 and 1950.

He was quoted in a statement issued by the office of New York Attorney General, that "the principles of hate, intolerance, bigotry and violence must be stamped out" as he transmitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation 1100 names of members of the Ku Klux Klan and the Hitler-resurgent German-American Bund.

He was also deeply involved in international drug control through his service as advisor to the United States negotiators in the United Nations committees dealing with the matter.

Northeast Mississippi Community College

Lester "Bubba" Carpenter, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives representing the First District of Mississippi

Pink flasher

The species is named in honor of Dr. Kent E. Carpenter of Old Dominion University, who was the principal collector of the type specimens.

Robert R. M. Carpenter

R. R. M. Carpenter (1877–1949), American executive and member of the board of directors of DuPont

R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr. (1915–1990), his son, owner of the Philadelphia Phillies

Ruly Carpenter, son of Robert Jr. and grandson of Robert Sr., owner and team president of the Phillies

Wendi B. Carpenter

She has represented the United States in a number of coalition and NATO forums, and completed Senior Courses at the NATO School in Oberammergau, Germany.

William E. Ingram, Jr.

He served in this assignment until his November, 2011 appointment to succeed Raymond W. Carpenter as Director of the Army National Guard.

William L. Carpenter

William Lewis Carpenter, born January 13, 1844 at Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, New York, died July 10, 1898 at Madison Barracks, Jefferson County, New York.


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