Milton Robert Carr Milton Robert Carr , commonly known as Bob Carr , ( born March 27 , 1943 ) is a lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan . Carr was born in Janesville , Wisconsin and was educated in public schools of Janesville . He received a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison in 1965 and a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1968 . He did graduate work at Michigan State University in East Lansing , Michigan and was admitted to the Wisconsin bar in 1968 and to the Michigan bar in 1969 . He commenced practice in Lansing , Michigan and served as Michigan assistant attorney general , 1970 - 1972 . Carr was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives for the Ninety-fourth and to the two succeeding Congresses , serving from January 3 , 1975 to January 3 , 1981 . He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1980 to the Ninety-seventh Congress , but was elected to the Ninety-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses , serving from January 3 , 1983 to January 3 , 1995 . He was not a candidate for reelection in 1994 , but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate . in 2005 Carr became Of Counsel at DowLohnes PLLC , a communications law firm in Washington , DC where he works in the firm 's Government Relations and Public Policy practice as a Lobbyist This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .  This lobbying -related article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . Categories : Lobbying stubs | 1943 births | Living people | Members of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan | People from Janesville , Wisconsin | United States Senate candidates | Lobbyists 