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John Carroll Full Name: John William Carroll Date of birth: September 9, 1832 Date of death: May 6, 1878 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 20 Apr 18, 1876 - May 6, 1878 15th (1)   Democrat Caldwell / Burleson   Austin, Burleson, Washington H 17 Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 13th   Democrat Caldwell / Burleson   Brazos, Burleson, Milam (1) 15th Legislature - 4/18/1876, p. 1. All Senators listed in roll call as "Senators elect [who] answered to their names, presented their credentials, and took the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution"; in drawing of Senatorial terms 4/27/1876, p. 98, drew "short term" (two years). Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch in "State Senators Elect: Personal Sketches Completed - Seventeen Lawyers, Seven Grangers, Two Doctors, One Editor and Four Colored Politicians - the Political Structure of the New Senate of Texas," 3/3/1876, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. Biography, pp. 34-35. Professional merchant, age 43 in 1876, born in NC [ca. 1833]. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876. Other Resources John W. Carroll, Caldwell, Burleson County, merchant, age 27, born in NC. Census of 1860. Ancestry.com. John William Carroll, birth date 9/9/1832, death date 5/6/1878, grave marker photo, interment in Old City Cemetery, Caldwell (Burleson County). Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. John Carroll, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection. Photograph. John Carroll, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. John Carroll, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. 15th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate Sergeant-at-arms office, west wall. 2E.10A). State Preservation Board. 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection.. Committee Informationtop 15th R.S. - 1876 Agricultural Affairs   Agricultural and Mechanical College, Visit (Co-Chair)  Federal Relations   Finance   Internal Improvements   Public Buildings and Grounds   Public Lands   Retrenchment and Reform   State Penitentiaries   Statistics of Industry, Public Health and History of Texas   Treasurer's and Comptroller's Department (Chair)  13th R.S. - 1873 Abstracts of Land Titles   Apportionment   Federal Relations   Financial Condition of the State   Penitentiary   Towns and City Corporations

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