Rex Lyle Carter (June 20, 1925 – June 9, 2014) was an American lawyer and politician. Born in

Honea Path, South Carolina Honea Path is a town primarily in Anderson County, South Carolina and extending into Abbeville County in the northwest part of the state. The population was 3,686 at the 2020 census. Geography Honea Path is located at (34.447400, -82.393044), a ...

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, Carter served in the

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during

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. He then received his bachelor's degree from

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and then his law degree from

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. Carter then practiced law in

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. He served in the

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, as a

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, from 1953 until 1980 and was speaker. He died in Greenville, South Carolina.'Former SC House Speaker Rex Carter dies,' The Post and Courier, June 9, 2014

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