13 Facts About Hugh Carter

Hugh Carter was the first cousin of former US president Jimmy Carter.

Hugh Carter graduated from Georgia Southwestern State University, during a time when it was a two-year college, then from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a BS in industrial engineering, and followed by an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Hugh Carter served seven terms in the Georgia State Senate, from 1967 until 1981 and was a Democrat.

Hugh Carter represented District 14, and succeeded his cousin future-President Jimmy Carter in that post.

Hugh Carter represented eight Georgia rural counties, and served as chairman of the Senate Education Committee and was a senior member of the Appropriations, Rules and Fiscal Affairs Committees.

Hugh Carter owned a bait shop and a general store.

In 1949, Hugh Carter started a third business growing fish bait.

Hugh Carter wrote six pamphlets on worm and cricket farming, the best seller in 1958 was 18 Secrets of Successful Worm Raising The pamphlet originally sold for $1.00.

When Hugh Carter raised the price to $2.95 sales grew even faster.

Shortly after the book's publication, Hugh Carter drew a political opponent.

However, Wishard's campaign slogan "Help the Chicken take the Worm", failed to inspire voters, and Hugh Carter was re-elected to another term in the State Senate.

Hugh Carter's bait growing business suffered declining sales in the 1990s, and he closed it in 1996.

At the age of 78, Hugh Carter died in Americus, Georgia, on June 24,1999.