Oscar E. Carlstrom (July 16, 1878 – March 6, 1948) was an American lawyer.
Early life Carlstrom was born on a farm near Aledo, Illinois and graduated from New Boston High School.McCann, B. H. (editor). Delegates' Manual of the Fifth Constitutional Convention of the State of Illinois 1920, Illinois State Journal Company, Springfield, Illinois, State Printers, 1920, page 215. He attended a law course at Northern Illinois College of Law in Dixon, Illinois.
Military career As a member of the United States Volunteers, he joined the 39th Volunteer Infantry from August 26, 1899, to May 6, 1901, and was stationed in the Philippines for 16 months. He also served in Illinois Army National Guard with the 6th Illinois Infantry and the 123rd Field Artillery Regiment from November 26, 1916, to June 7, 1919, during World War I and was stationed in France for one year. He became a captain.
Political and legal career Carlstrom was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1903. He served as Aledo City Attorney and as state's attorney for Mercer County, Illinois. Carlstrom served as a delegate to the Illinois Constitutional Convention of 1920 and was a member of the Illinois State Tax Commission from 1921 to 1925. Carlstrom was a Republican. From 1925 to 1933, Carlstrom served as Illinois Attorney General. In 1936, he ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for governor.
Death Carlstrom died at his home in Aledo, Illinois.Illinois Blue Book 1931-1932, Biographical Sketch of Oscar E. Carlstrom, page 102
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