Homer Wright Carter was a Congregational clergyman born in Tallmadge, Ohio. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1870 and then taught for several years in the South.

In 1876 he graduated from Andover Theological Seminary and was ordained in the Congregational ministry. He was pastor at Selma, Alabama from 1876 until 1877. In 1877 he moved to Wisconsin and was pastor at Ripon for six months until 1878. He was pastor in Brandon from 1878 until 1886, and then in Platteville until 1892.

In 1892 he became secretary of the Wisconsin Congregational Home Missionary Society, serving in this capacity until 1909, and continuing after its reorganization as secretary of the Department of Home Missions of the Wisconsin Congregational Conference from 1909 until 1917. Retiring from active duty in 1917, he served as registrar and pastor-at-large until 1928 and as missionary superintendent emeritus until 1933.

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