Ralph Lawrence Carr

1887–1950 (age 63)

Governor

Biography

Ralph Lawrence Carr (1887–1950) led Colorado as governor with a deep belief in honorable public service, and he strove to keep the needs of the state's citizens at the center of every decision.

During the turbulent years of World War II he courageously defended the constitutional rights of Japanese Americans when many others turned away, marking him as a voice of conscience whose legacy endures in Fairmount Cemetery.

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Fairmount Cemetery
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Annie Clifton Springer
1892–1940 (age 48)
Fairmount Cemetery
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John Sidney Brown
1833–1913 (age 80)
Fairmount Cemetery
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John E. Holmberg
1850–1917 (age 67)
Fairmount Cemetery
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James H. Turpin
1846–1893 (age 47)
Fairmount Cemetery
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Alice Eudoica Foster
1851–1923 (age 72)
Fairmount Cemetery
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