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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MarylandDaniel CARROLL
(1730-1796)
CARROLL, Daniel, (uncle of
Richard Brent, cousin of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, and Charles
Carroll “Barrister”), a Delegate and a Representative
from Maryland; born in Upper Marlboro, Prince Georges County, Md.,
July 22, 1730; educated at the Jesuit School at Bohemia Manor, Md.,
and at St. Omer’s College, France; returned to Maryland in
1748; Member of the Continental Congress, 1781-1783, signing the
Articles of Confederation on March 1, 1781; appointed a delegate on
May 26, 1787, to the convention that framed the Federal
Constitution; member of the first State senate of Maryland and up
to the time of his death was a member of the senate of Maryland, or
the executive council of Maryland; elected as a Pro-Administration
candidate to the First Congress (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791); took
an active part in fixing the seat of government for the United
States; appointed by President Washington on January 22, 1791, as
one of the commissioners to locate the District of Columbia and the
Federal City and served until July 25, 1795, when he resigned;
engaged in agricultural pursuits, his farm being the site of the
present city of Washington; died at Rock Creek (Forest Glen), near
Washington, D.C., May 7, 1796.
Bibliography
Geiger, Mary Virginia. Daniel Carroll, A Framer of the
Constitution. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America,
1943.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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