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John A. Carroll

American politician (1901–1983)

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American politician (1901–1983)

Field	Value
birthname	John Albert Carroll
name	John A. Carroll
image	JohnACarroll.jpg
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state	Colorado
term_start	January 3, 1957
term_end	January 3, 1963
predecessor	Eugene Millikin
successor	Peter H. Dominick
state1	Colorado
district1	1st
term_start1	January 3, 1947
term_end1	January 3, 1951
predecessor1	Dean M. Gillespie
successor1	Byron G. Rogers
birth_date
birth_place	Denver, Colorado, US
death_date
death_place	Denver, Colorado, US
restingplace	Fort Logan National Cemetery
party	Democratic
spouse	Dorthy (née Doyle) Carroll
children	Diane Carroll MacDonald
alma_mater	Westminster Law School
allegiance	United States
branch
serviceyears	1943-1945
battles	World War II

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John Albert Carroll (July 30, 1901 – August 31, 1983) was a 20th-century American attorney and politician who served as a Democratic U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Colorado. He also served as a special assistant to President Harry Truman.

Early life and education

Born in Denver, he attended the public schools, and during the First World War served in the United States Army from 1918 to 1919. He graduated from Westminster Law School in Denver in 1929, and was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Denver.

Legal career

In 1933 and 1934 he was assistant United States attorney, and was district attorney of Denver from 1937 to 1941. He was regional attorney for the Office of Price Administration in 1942 and 1943, and served in the Second World War as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1945, after which he resumed the practice of law.

Political career

Congress

In 1946 and 1948 Carroll was elected as a Democratic representative to the Eightieth and Eighty-first Congresses (January 3, 1947 to January 3, 1951).

Senate campaigns

Rather than run for re-election to the House in 1950, he was an unsuccessful candidate for election as a Democrat to the United States Senate. He ran for the Senate again in 1954 but was again defeated.

He was a special assistant to President Harry Truman from 1951 to 1952.

Tenure in the Senate

He was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1956, after defeating former United States Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan in the Democratic primary and former Republican Governor Daniel I.J. Thornton in the general election by a margin of less than one-half of one percent. He served in the Senate from January 3, 1957 to January 3, 1963. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1962, having been defeated by Republican Peter H. Dominick.

Retirement and death

He was a resident of Denver until his death. Interment was at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver.

Electoral history

References

(February 1, 1947). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 1946".
(March 1, 1949). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948".
"Our Campaigns – CO US Senate Race – Nov 2, 1954".
[[Clerk of the United States House of Representatives]]. (1955). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1954". [[U.S. Government Printing Office]].

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