[4][6] In 1895, Carter was elected a member of the Chicago City Council from the tenth ward.

He lost the election to Carter Harrison IV[9] In November 1903, an agreement was reached that the board would elect Carter would be voted by the Sanity District's board as its president on December 8, 1903.

[1][10] He served in this position until December 4, 1905, when his tenure on the board of trustees altogether ended.

[1][5] Carter was appointed by Mayor Fred A. Busse in May 1907 to the Chicago Civil Service Commission.

[11] After a brief illness, Carter died at the age of 75 on April 19, 1922, at Chicago's Columbus Hospital.