John M. Carroll (politician)

John M. Carroll

John Michael Carroll (born April 27, 1823 in Springfield , New York , † May 8, 1901 in Johnstown , New York) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1871 and 1873 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Michael Carroll was born and raised in Springfield, Otsego County , about eight years after the end of the British-American War . During this time he attended public schools. He graduated from Fairfield Seminary . Then he went to Union College in Schenectady , which he left in 1846 as a civil engineer . During this time he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Society and was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa . He studied law . He was admitted to the bar in 1848. He practiced in Fonda and Broadalbin . Between 1859 and 1862 he was prosecuting attorney in Fulton County . He moved to Johnstown in 1862, where he resumed his practice as a lawyer. Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In the 1870 congressional elections for the 42nd Congress , Carroll was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 18th electoral district of New York , where he succeeded Stephen Sanford on March 4, 1871 . Since he on a run again in 1872 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1873 Congress of.

After his time in Congress he went to Johnstown until his death as a lawyer. He died on May 8, 1901 and was then buried in Johnstown Cemetery .

Web links

John M. Carroll in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

John M. Carroll in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Individual evidence

^ History of the Mohawk Valley, Gateway to the West, 1614-1925 ; Nelson Greene, 1925, p. 622.
^ Union College, 1795-1895 ; Union College, 1897, p. 514.
^ A Record of the Members of the Kappa Alpha Fraternity , Kappa Alpha Fraternity, 1892, p. 50.
^ Centennial Catalog , Union College, 1895, p. 71.
↑ Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs , Volume 1, Cuyler Reynolds, 1911, p. 342
^ Legal and Judicial History of New York , John Hampden Dougherty and Lyman Horace Weeks, Volume 3, 1911, p. 405.
^ Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography , Thomas William Herringshaw, 1909, p. 566.
^ The Political Register and Congressional Directory , Houghton, Osgood and Company (Boston), p. 321.
↑ Where They're Buried , Thomas E. Spencer, 2009, p. 234.

personal data
SURNAME	Carroll, John M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Carroll, John Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	April 27, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH	Springfield , New York
DATE OF DEATH	May 8, 1901
Place of death	Johnstown , New York

[1] History of the Mohawk Valley, Gateway to the West, 1614-1925 ; Nelson Greene, 1925, p. 622.

[2] Union College, 1795-1895 ; Union College, 1897, p. 514.

[3] A Record of the Members of the Kappa Alpha Fraternity , Kappa Alpha Fraternity, 1892, p. 50.

[4] Centennial Catalog , Union College, 1895, p. 71.

[5] Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs , Volume 1, Cuyler Reynolds, 1911, p. 342

[6] Legal and Judicial History of New York , John Hampden Dougherty and Lyman Horace Weeks, Volume 3, 1911, p. 405.

[7] Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography , Thomas William Herringshaw, 1909, p. 566.

[8] The Political Register and Congressional Directory , Houghton, Osgood and Company (Boston), p. 321.

[9] Where They're Buried , Thomas E. Spencer, 2009, p. 234.