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  Carroll, Charles
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NameCharles Carroll
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Carrollton (near Ellicot City), Maryland , United States
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Born September 19, 1737
DiedNovember 14, 1832 (95 years)
ContributorU Ole Polecat
Last ModifedJuan Croniqueur
Oct 07, 2022 02:11am
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Info(cousin of Charles Carroll, the ?Barrister,? and Daniel Carroll), a Delegate and a Senator from Maryland; born in Annapolis, Md., September 19, 1737; attended the Jesuits? College of Bohemia at Hermans Manor, Md., and the College of St. Omer in France; studied civil law at the College of Louis le Grand in Rheims, and common law in London; returned to Annapolis, Md., in 1765; delegate to the revolutionary convention of Maryland in 1775; Continental commissioner to Canada in 1776; member of the Board of War 1776-1777; Delegate to the Continental Congress 1776-1778; again elected to the Continental Congress in 1780, but declined to serve; was a signer of the Declaration of Independence; member, State senate 1777-1800; elected to the United States Senate in 1789; reelected in 1791 and served from March 4, 1789, to November 30, 1792, when, preferring to remain a State senator, he resigned because of a law passed by the Maryland legislature disqualifying the members of the State senate who held seats in Congress; retired to private life in 1801; involved in establishing the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company in 1828; died in Baltimore, Md., November 14, 1832; at the time of his death was the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence; interment in the chapel of Doughoregan Manor, near Ellicott City, Howard County, Md.

Vote totals for elections in which was nominated for the Hall of Fame for Great Americans (1900-1965): 1900-2, 1940-1, 1955-0, 1960-0, 1965-0.


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  12/14/1819 MD US Senate - Special Election Lost 21.02% (-6.82%)
  12/14/1819 MD US Senate Lost 21.02% (-7.39%)
  12/08/1817 MD Governor Lost 1.41% (-84.51%)
  11/19/1810 MD Governor Lost 1.61% (-87.10%)
  11/13/1809 MD Governor Lost 19.75% (-50.62%)
  06/05/1809 MD Governor - Special Election Lost 4.71% (-89.41%)
  11/09/1807 MD Governor Lost 9.86% (-70.42%)
  11/10/1806 MD Governor Lost 14.86% (-64.86%)
  11/26/1790 MD US Senate Won 60.00% (+20.00%)
  12/10/1788 MD US Senate Won 51.85% (+3.70%)
  12/31/1777 MD Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  12/31/1776 MD Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  12/31/1775 MD Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
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