Charles H. Carroll

Charles Holker Carroll ( born May 4, 1794 in Hagerstown, Maryland, † June 8, 1865 in Groveland, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1843 and 1847 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1813 Charles Carroll graduated from St. Mary's College in Baltimore. He then moved to the Livingston County, New York. He studied law, without, however, after practicing as a lawyer. Instead, he worked in agriculture and as a land agent in the real estate industry. In the years 1817, 1818, 1822, 1840 and 1848 he was mayor (Supervisor) of Groveland. From 1823 to 1829 he worked as a district judge. In the years 1827 and 1828 Carroll sat in the Senate from New York; in 1836 he was a member of the State Assembly. Politically, he was a member of the founded in the 1830s Whig party.

In the congressional elections of 1842 Carroll was the 29th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Seth M. Gates on March 4, 1843. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1847 two legislative sessions. The time until 1845 was marked by the tensions between President John Tyler and the Whigs. It was also at that time already been discussed about a possible annexation of the independent Republic of Texas since 1836 by Mexico. These discussions led in 1845 to the Mexican-American War.

1846 renounced Charles Carroll of another Congress candidate. He then managed his large country estate near Groveland. In the 1850s he became a member of the American Party. In the presidential election of 1856 he was one of their electors. He died on June 8, 1865 in Groveland.