Carl W. Riddick

Infobox_Congressman
name=Carl Wood Riddick


state=Montana
district=2nd
term=1919-1923
preceded=Jeannette Rankin
succeeded=Scott Leavitt
date of birth=birth date|1872|2|25|df=y
place of birth=Wells, Minnesota
date of death=death date and age|1960|7|9|1872|2|25|df=y
place of death=Fort Lauderdale, Florida
spouse=
profession=newspaper editor, wheat and cattle raising
religion=Unknown
party=Republican|

Carl Wood Riddick (25 February 1872 - 9 July 1960) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the Second District of Montana, from March 1919 to March 1923 in the 66th and 67th Congresses, replacing Jeannette Rankin. In 1922 he ran unsuccessfully for election to the U.S. Senate.

He was born in Wells, Fairbault Co., Minnesota and died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

From 1899 to 1910 he was editor of the "Winamac Republican" newspaper in Indiana. Following that he was a rancher and County Assessor of Fergus Co., Montana. In later years he lived in Maryland and Florida.

External links

* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000237 US Congress biographical directory]
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richner-rider.html Political Graveyard]
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