| Rex L. Carter | |
| Birthname: | Rex Lyle Carter |
| Order: | 55th |
| Office: | Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives |
| Term Start: | August 1, 1973 |
| Term End: | December 1980 |
| Preceded: | Solomon Blatt |
| Succeeded: | Ramon Schwartz, Jr. |
| State House1: | South Carolina |
| State1: | South Carolina |
| District1: | 24th |
| Term Start1: | December 1974 |
| Term End1: | December 1980 |
| Preceded1: | None (district created) |
| Succeeded1: | David Wilkins |
| Office2: | Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Greenville County |
| Term Start2: | December 1952 |
| Term End2: | December 1974 |
| Preceded2: | Clarence E. Clay, Jr. |
| Succeeded2: | None (districts numbered) |
| Birth Date: | 20 June 1925 |
| Birth Place: | Honea Path, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Spouse: | Floride Gulledge |
| Alma Mater: | Erskine College |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Battles: | World War II |
| Allegiance: | United States of America |
| Branch: | United States Coast Guard |
| Serviceyears: | 1943 - 1946 |
| Children: | 4 |
Rex Lyle Carter (June 20, 1925 - June 9, 2014) was an American lawyer and politician.
Born in Honea Path, South Carolina, Anderson County, South Carolina, Carter served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II. He then received his bachelor's degree from Erskine College and then his law degree from University of South Carolina School of Law. Carter then practiced law in Greenville, South Carolina. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives, as a Democrat, from 1953 until 1980 and was speaker. He died in Greenville, South Carolina.[1] [2] [3]