Carl Riddick - Congressman
# Name: Carl Wood RIDDICK
# Given Name: Carl Wood
# Surname: Riddick
# Sex: M
# Birth: 25 Feb 1872 in Wells, Faribault Co., Minnesota
# Death: 9 Jul 1960 in Fort Lauderdale, Broward Co., Florida
# Occupation: Congressman
# Occupation: 1900 Publisher
# Census: 1900 Monroe, Pulaski Co., Indiana
# Burial: 13 Jul 1960 Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland
# Note:
RIDDICK, Carl Wood, a Representative from Montana; born in Wells, Faribau
lt County, Minn., February 25, 1872; attended the common schools; was grad
uated from Menominee (Mich.) High School in 1890; attended Albion (Mich
.) College and Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis.; editor and publish
er of the Winamac (Ind.) Republican 1899-1910; secretary of the Indiana Re
publican State central committee in 1906 and 1908; moved to Montana and se
ttled on a homestead in Fergus County in 1910; engaged in wheat and catt
le raising 1910-1918; county assessor of Fergus County, Mont., 1915-191
8; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congress
es (March 4, 1919-March 3, 1923); did not seek renomination in 1922, but w
as an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate; for
mer president of the National Republic, a magazine published in Washingto
n, D.C.; owned and operated a home development at Sylvan Shores on South R
iver, Riva, Maryland.; moved to Florida; died in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Ju
ly 9, 1960; interment in Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland.
Marriage 1 Grace Adele KEITH b: 25 Dec 1873 in Egg Harbor, Door Co., Wisconsin
* Married: 27 Jun 1892 in Wisconsin
Children
1. Has Children Merrill K. RIDDICK b: 7 Mar 1895 in Wisconsin
2. Has No Children Roland RIDDICK b: 16 Apr 1896 in Wisconsin
3. Has No Children Monona RIDDICK b: 6 Mar 1902 in Monroe, Pulaski Co., Indiana