William Blount Carter (October 22, 1792 – April 17, 1848) was an American politician who represented Tennessee's first district in the United States House of Representatives.
He attended the public schools and served as a colonel in the United States Army during the War of 1812.
He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1834 and served as its presiding officer.
[3] Carter died in Elizabethton, Tennessee on April 17, 1848 (age 55 years, 178 days).
Another nephew, also named William Blount Carter (1820–1902), was a prominent Southern Unionist and mastermind of the East Tennessee bridge burnings during the Civil War.