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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OP AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Carroll, Charles H., lawyer,

congressman,

was born in 1794, in Maryland. He was a member of the Maryland assembly in 1836 j

and a state senator in 1837. In 1843-47 he was a representative from New York to the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth congresses. He died in 1865 in Uroveland, N.Y. Carroll, Daniel, congressman, was born in Maryland. In 1780-84 he was a delegate from Maryland to the continental congress; and signed the articles of confederation and also the constitution. In 1789-91 he was a representative from Maryland to the first congress. He died in 1839 in Washington, D.C. Carroll, David L., clergyman, college president, author, was 10, 1787, in Fayette county. Pa. In 1839 he became pastor of the first presbyterian church of Brooklyn; and in 1835 was elected the ninth president of Hampden-Sidney college. He was

bom May

the author of The Ministerial Officer, and other works. He died Nov. 33, 1851. CarroU, David Williamson, lawyer, legislator, jurist, was bom March 11, 1816, in Baltimore, Md. In 1850 he was elected to the Arkansas state legislature; and in 1860 was elected prosecuting attorney. In 1861-63 he served in the civil war; and attained the rank of colonel. In 1864 he was elected to the lower house of the confederate congress in 1866 was elected judge of Jefferson county; and in 1878 was elected chancellor of Pulaski chancery court at Little Rock, Ark. Carroll, George W., lumberman, donor, was born April 11, 1855, in Mansfield, La. He has interests in lumber and oil companies. In 1904 was a candidate for the vice-presidency of the United States. He has given seventyfive thousand dollars to the Baylor university at Waco, Texas; and he donated large sums to other baptist institutions. Carroll, Harry W., accountant, legislator, comptroller, was born Sept. 4, 1858, in Sacramento, Cal. He was educated at the university of California. By profession he is a certified public accountant. For many years he was in the employ of the Southern pacific company freight and passenger service; with the Oregon improvement company as steamship purser; and bookkeeper in the state auditor's ofiiee, state of Washington. He was a representative in the twenty-seventh session of the California state legislature; has been chairman of the state board of accountancy for the state of Washington; and has filled various other positions of trust and honor. He is now city comptroller for the city of Seattle, Wash. Carroll,

Henry,

soldier,

was born May

30,

1838, in New York City. He served throughout the civil war; and in 1866 was promoted to first lieutenant. In 1899 he was retired with the rank of brigadier-general United States army. He died in 1908. Carroll, Henry King, clergyman, author, was born Nov. 15, 1848, in Dennisville, N.J. He is a methodist clergyman and religious statistician. He is the author of The World

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The Catholic Dogma of Church Authority; and the Religious Forces of the United States. Carroll, Howard, soldier, journalist, author, was born in 1854, in Albany, N.Y. He wa.s correspondent of the New York Times; and subsequently Washington correspondent and managing editor. He was candidate for congress against General Slocum for the state of New York. In 1893 he became identified with the national guard of New York, of Missions



and rose to the rank of brigadier-general and chief of artillery, serving in the SpanishAmerican war. He is now president of the

New

Sicilian asphalt paving company of City. He is the author of Mississippi Incident and Twelve Americans. Carroll, James, congressman, was born in Baltimore, Md. In 1839-41 he was a repre-

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York

sentative from Maryland to the twentysixth congress as a democrat. He died in

Maryland. James,

Carroll,

bacteriologist, scientist, 1854, in England. He was educated at the Albion house academy of Woolwich, England; in 1891 graduated from the medical department of the university of Maryland; and took post-graduate courses in pathology and bacteriology at the Johns Hopkins hospital. In 1897-1903 he was a member of the United States army yellow fever commission; voluntarily submitted to the bite of a contaminated mosquito, and within four days suffered a severe attack of yellow fever, being the first case of experimental yellow fever on record. In 1903 he became professor of bacteriology and clinical microscopy at the army medical school; curator of the army medical museum; and in charge of bacteriology and pathological laboratories.

was born June

5,

Carroll, John F., banker, statesman, was born in New York. In 1879 he was clerk of the grand jury of New York City; has been clerk of the seventh district civil court; and in 1891-98 was clerk of the court of Oyer terminer and grand sessions. He was a Tammany leader; and a member of the executive committee of Tammany hall. He is now vicepresident of the Fourteenth street bank of

New York

City.

John Joseph, clergyman, scholar, was born June 24, 1856, in Ireland. He was Carroll,

made an

assistant at the cathedral of the

holy name; and by his zeal and proficiency was soon made pastor of St. Thomas parish of Chicago. He is also a noted renowned Gaelic scholar.

John Lee, state senator, governor, Md. He was elected to the Maryland state senate in 1867, and again in 1871. In 1876-80 he was the thirty-fourth governor of Maryland; the year that he entered upon his duties as such was the one hundredth after the date that Carroll,

was born

in 1830 in Baltimore,

his grandfather signed the declaration of in-

dependence. Carroll, John P., clergyman, college president, was born Feb. 32, 1864, in Dubuque,