John A. Carroll

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John Albert Carroll

United States Senator from Colorado
In office January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1963
Preceded by	Eugene Millikin
Succeeded by	Peter H. Dominick
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's 1st district
In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1951
Preceded by	Dean M. Gillespie
Succeeded by	Byron G. Rogers
Personal details
Born	(1901-07-30)July 30, 1901 Denver, Colorado
Died	August 31, 1983(1983-08-31) (aged 82) Denver, Colorado
Resting place	Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colorado
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Westminster Law School

John Albert Carroll (July 30, 1901 – August 31, 1983) was a Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator from Colorado. Born in Denver, he attended the public schools, and during the First World War served in the United States Army (1918–1919). He graduated from Westminster Law School in Denver in 1929, and was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Denver. In 1933 and 1934, he was assistant United States attorney, and was district attorney of Denver from 1937 to 1941. He was regional attorney for the Office of Price Administration in 1942 and 1943, and served in the Second World War as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1945. He resumed the practice of law, and was elected as a Democratic representative to the Eightieth and Eighty-first Congresses (January 3, 1947 to January 3, 1951).

Carroll was not a candidate for renomination in 1950 but was an unsuccessful candidate for election as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1950 and again in 1954. He was special assistant to President Harry Truman in 1951 and 1952, and was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1956 and served from January 3, 1957 to January 3, 1963. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1962, and was a resident of Denver until his death. Interment was at Ft. Logan National Cemetery, Denver.

References

John A. Carroll at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
John A. Carroll at Find a Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Dean M. Gillespie	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's 1st congressional district 1947–1951	Succeeded by Byron G. Rogers
United States Senate
Preceded by Eugene D. Millikin	U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Colorado 1957–1963 Served alongside: Gordon L. Allott	Succeeded by Peter H. Dominick

v t e United States Senators from Colorado

Class 2	Teller Chilcott Tabor Bowen Wolcott Patterson Guggenheim Shafroth Phipps Costigan Johnson Allott Haskell Armstrong Brown Allard Udall

Class 3	Chaffee Hill Teller Hughes Thomas Nicholson Adams Means Waterman Walker Schuyler Adams Millikin Carroll Dominick Hart Wirth Campbell Salazar Bennet

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 157538670 LCCN: no2010171328

Persondata
Name	Carroll, John A.
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	July 30, 1901
Place of birth	Denver, Colorado
Date of death	August 31, 1983
Place of death	Denver, Colorado

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