19 Facts About Terry Carpenter

Terry McGovern Carpenter was an American politician.

Terry Carpenter moved to Scottsbluff in 1916 and was employed in various capacities by a railroad company.

Terry Carpenter returned to Scottsbluff in 1927 where he worked in the garage business and the retail coal business.

Terry Carpenter ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Scottsbluff, Nebraska in 1931, but the next year was elected to the Seventy-third Congress as a Democrat for the 5th District.

Terry Carpenter did not run for reelection, since he was running for Governor of Nebraska in 1934.

Terry Carpenter continued to run for various offices unsuccessfully through the 1940s, but was a very successful businessman.

Terry Carpenter established the only gasoline refinery in Nebraska in Scottsbluff, with his own chain of gas stations in several states which created gas wars wherever they opened.

Terry Carpenter eventually sold this operation and started several new businesses.

Terry Carpenter was a major in the United States Air Corps from 1942 to 1945 during World War II.

Terry Carpenter was elected mayor of Scottsbluff in 1947, but later stepped down due to perceived conflicts with his many businesses in the city.

Terry Carpenter founded a new village on the other side of the river from Scottsbluff in 1949 and called it Terrytown.

Terry Carpenter based his new businesses there, selling liquor by the drink before Scottsbluff did, starting a radio station, a drive-in movie theater, and two restaurants.

Terry Carpenter changed political affiliation five times, being a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1956.

Terry Carpenter was successful in being elected to the state legislature in 1952 and served 22 years as a state senator.

In 1970, Terry Carpenter conducted much-publicized legislative hearings against a gay studies course being offered at UNL.

Terry Carpenter considered homosexuality "a terrible disease" and believed that the college course would turn students gay.

Terry Carpenter attempted to expose the names of students taking the course.

Terry Carpenter retired in Scottsbluff, Nebraska where he died April 27,1978.

Terry Carpenter ran for but failed to be elected to the following offices:.