James Carroll (Politician)

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James Carroll (December 2, 1791 – January 16, 1873) was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from St. Mary's College of Maryland in Baltimore in 1808. Carroll studied law, but did not practice. He settled on a farm on the West River, but later moved back to Baltimore. His reputation was improved when he became judge of the orphans' court and a trustee of the poor. He served as a director of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company.

Carroll was elected a Democrat to the Twenty-Sixth United States Congress to represent Maryland's Fourth District. He took seat in 1839, but had lost reelection and left in 1841. Carroll then decided to run for Governor of Maryland in 1844, but was unsuccessful in doing so. He retired and died on January 16, 1873. He is interred in the Carroll vault in Old Saint Paul's Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.

[edit] External links

• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• James Carroll at Find A Grave

This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Preceded by John P. Kennedy

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 4th congressional district March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841

Succeeded by John P. Kennedy