John A. Carter was a Virginia lawyer, farmer and politician, who represented Loudoun County, Virginia in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly for two terms each both before and after the American Civil War, as well as in the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850 and the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861.
- Occupation
- lawyer, politician
- Position held
- member of the State Senate of Virginia, member of the Virginia House of Delegates
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- November 25, 1808
- Died