Elias Carr (February 25, 1839 – July 22, 1900) was an American planter, lawyer, and politician who served as the 48th governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1893 to 1897.

Carr's great-grandfather, Colonel Jonas Johnston, fought in the American Revolutionary War.

Carr was a member of the board of directors of Rocky Mount Mills, trustee of N.C. College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (today known as North Carolina State University), commissioner of the N.C. Geological Survey, agriculturist, and businessman.

He was an active member of the Sons of the American Revolution and chartered his chapter in North Carolina.

He was part of a more moderate or conservative faction of the Alliance that opposed splitting from Democrats to form a third party.