Ezra Child Carleton (September 6, 1838 – July 24, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from the 7th district of Michigan.

[2] In 1881, he received the Democratic nomination for mayor of Port Huron, a position he occupied from 1881 to 1882.

[2][1] In 1882, Carleton was nominated to run against John Treadway Rich to represent Michigan's 7th congressional district in the U.S.

After leaving Congress in 1887, Carleton returned to his former mercantile pursuits in Port Huron.

He was the Democratic candidate for the 7th District in the election of 1894, losing to Republican Horace G. Snover.