Prior to his political career he helped in the founding and advertisement of multiple towns in Wyoming.

He was educated in public schools in Illinois and Kansas and graduated from Monmouth College and the National Normal University.

[4] In 1910, Carpenter was elected to the Wyoming Senate from Laramie County as a member of the Democratic Party.

[1] In 1916, he was selected to serve as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention alongside John B. Kendrick, Victor T. Johnson, Pete Kinney, J. J.

[15] On January 27, 1943, Carpenter died at his home in Cheyenne, Wyoming, after suffering from an illness for two months.