Carl Craig | |
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| State Auditor of Mississippi | |
| In office January 19, 1948 – January 21, 1952 | |
| Governor | Fielding L. Wright |
| Preceded by | Bert Barnett |
| Succeeded by | William Neal |
| In office January 20, 1936 – January 15, 1940 | |
| Governor | Hugh L. White |
| Preceded by | Joe Price |
| Succeeded by | J. M. Causey |
| Mississippi State Tax Collector | |
| In office January 15, 1940 – January 19, 1948 | |
| Governor | |
| Preceded by | James B. Gully |
| Succeeded by | Nellah Massey Bailey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Carl Norris Craig July 7, 1878 |
| Died | December 4, 1957 (aged 79) |
| Political party | Democratic |
Carl Norris Craig (July 7, 1878 – December 4, 1957) was an American politician who served as the state auditor of Mississippi from 1936 to 1940 and from 1948 to 1952. He also served as the Mississippi state tax collector from 1940 to 1948. As state auditor, he oversaw a widely publicized audit of the Mississippi land commission office, eventually finding that the state land commissioner had misappropriated $27,000 in state funds. His first term as state tax collector largely centered around an unsuccessful series of lawsuits against four road construction companies as well as individual highway contractors, while his second term as state tax collector was focused almost entirely on enforcement of the newly passed "black market tax" on illegal liquor.