David Williamson Carroll (March 11, 1816 – June 24, 1905) was an American politician who served in the

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and

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during the

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Biography

Carroll was born in

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. He was a lineal descendant of

Daniel Carroll Daniel Carroll (July 22, 1730May 7, 1796) was an American politician and plantation owner from Maryland and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He supported the American Revolution, served in the Confederation Congress, was a dele ...

and studied at St. Mary's College of Baltimore. He moved to Arkansas in 1836 and established a legal practice. He married Melanie Scull on February 11, 1838. In 1850, he was elected to the Arkansas state legislature. During the American Civil War, he enlisted in Company K, 18th Arkansas Infantry with the rank of captain. He rose to become the colonel of the regiment. Later, he represented Arkansas in the

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. After the war, he served a state court judge from 1866 to 1868. He died at his home in

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, and was buried in that city's Calvary Cemetery.

References

1816 births 1905 deaths Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from Arkansas 19th-century American politicians Politicians from Baltimore Politicians from Little Rock, Arkansas Confederate States Army officers Members of the Arkansas House of Representatives Arkansas lawyers St. Mary's Seminary and University alumni

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