James Carroll (politician, 1791)

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James Carroll (born December 2, 1791 in Baltimore , Maryland , †  January 16, 1873 ) was an American politician . Between 1839 and 1841 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Carroll attended St. Mary's College in Baltimore until 1808 . He then studied law, but without working as a lawyer. Instead, he settled on a farm on the West River . In 1831 he returned to Baltimore where he became a judge on the Guardianship Court for Orphans. He was also a director of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company . Politically, he joined the Democratic Party .

In the congressional elections of 1838 Carroll was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Maryland , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1839. Since he refused to run again in 1840, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1841 . In 1844 Carroll ran unsuccessfully for governor of Maryland. Then he withdrew from politics. He died in Baltimore on January 16, 1873.

Web links

  • James Carroll in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Carroll, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1791
PLACE OF BIRTH Baltimore , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1873
Place of death Baltimore , Maryland