James Carroll | |
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Born | December 2, 1791
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Died | January 16, 1873
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Resting place |
Old Saint Paul's Cemetery
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Political party |
Democratic Party
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Spouse(s) | Achsah Ridgely Carroll
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Children | Sophia Gough Carroll Sargent
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Parent(s) | |
Position held |
United States representative
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James Carroll (December 2, 1791 – January 16, 1873) was a Maryland politician and director of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company.
James Carroll was born in Baltimore, Maryland on December 2, 1791. [1] He graduated from St. Mary's College 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. [1] He served as a director of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company. [1]
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 re-election and left in 1841. [1] Carroll ran for Governor of Maryland in 1844, winning his party's nomination, but lost in the general election to Whig Thomas G. Pratt by a margin of a mere 548 votes. [1] [2]
He retired and died on January 16, 1873. He is interred in the Carroll vault in Old Saint Paul's Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland. [1]
He was a member of the Carroll family.