George Washington Carroll (April 11, 1855 – December 14, 1935) was an American politician and businessman. During the 1904 presidential election he was given the vice presidential nomination of the

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and ran alongside

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Life

George Washington Carroll was born on April 11, 1855, to Francis Lafayette Carroll and Sarah Long in Mansfield, Louisiana. In 1868, his family moved to Beaumont, Texas where his father created the Long Shingle and Saw Mill and later moved to Waco, Texas in 1887. On November 20, 1877, he married Underhill Mixson which was the first church wedding conducted in Beaumont and later had three children with her. He worked as a foreman at his father's company and in 1877, his father, John Gilbert, and him created the Beaumont Lumber Company and by 1892 he had risen to become president and general manager of the company. In 1900, they sold the company to

John Henry Kirby John Henry Kirby (November 16, 1860 – November 9, 1940) was a businessman whose ventures made him the largest lumber manufacturer in Texas and the Southern United States. In addition to serving two terms in the Texas Legislature, he also est ...

. In 1892, he invested $1,000 into

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's Gladys City Oil Company and was elected as its president due to him being the only investor to give capital instead of land. Carroll became rich after the company discovered oil at

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. In 1901, he and his father both gave

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$75,000. On December 14, 1935, Carroll died from pneumonia in a YMCA building that he had helped to create in the 1920s.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carroll, George Washington 1855 births 1935 deaths 19th-century American politicians 20th-century American politicians 1904 United States vice-presidential candidates American temperance activists Texas Prohibitionists