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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MarylandJames CARROLL
(1791-1873)
CARROLL, James, a
Representative from Maryland; born in Baltimore, Md., December 2,
1791; was graduated from old St. Mary’s College at Baltimore
in 1808; studied law but did not practice; settled on a farm on
West River; returned to Baltimore, Md., in 1831; judge of the
orphans’ court; trustee of the poor; served as a director of
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company and the Chesapeake &
Ohio Canal Company; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth
Congress (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh Congress; unsuccessful
candidate for Governor of Maryland in 1844; retired from political
life; died in Baltimore, Md., January 16, 1873; interment in St.
Paul’s Burying Ground.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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