John A. Carroll

John A. Carroll
John A. Carroll
United States Senator; from Colorado
	In office; January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1963
Preceded by	Eugene Millikin
Succeeded by	Peter H. Dominick
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Colorado's 1st district
	In office; January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1951
Preceded by	Dean M. Gillespie
Succeeded by	Byron G. Rogers
Personal details
Born	John Albert Carroll; July 30, 1901; Denver, Colorado, US
Died	August 31, 1983 (aged 82); Denver, Colorado, US
Resting place	Fort Logan National Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Dorthy (née Doyle) Carroll
Children	Diane Carroll MacDonald
Alma mater	Westminster Law School

John Albert Carroll (July 30, 1901 – August 31, 1983) was an American attorney and politician who served as a Democratic United States Representative and United States 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 (1918–1919). 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.

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

1946 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John A. Carroll	60,513	51.75%
	Republican	Dean M. Gillespie (incumbent)	55,724	47.66%
	Socialist	Edgar P. Sherman	691	0.59%
Majority			4,789	4.09%
Total votes			116,928	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1948 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John A. Carroll (incumbent)	106,096	64.84%
	Republican	Christopher F. Cusack	57,541	35.16%
Majority			48,555	29.68%
Total votes			163,637	100%
	Democratic hold

1954 Colorado U.S. Senate election results^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Gordon Allott	248,502	51.32%	18.96
	Democratic	John A. Carroll	235,686	48.68%	18.11
Total votes			484,188	100.00%

References

^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 1946" (PDF). Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. February 1, 1947. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 5, 2007. Retrieved January 25, 2021. Compiled from official sources by William Graf under direction of John Andrews.
^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948" (PDF). Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. March 1, 1949. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 5, 2007. Retrieved January 25, 2021. Compiled from official sources by William Graf under direction of Ralph R. Roberts.
^ "Our Campaigns - CO US Senate Race - Nov 2, 1954". www.ourcampaigns.com.
^ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1955). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1954" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.

United States Congress. "John A. Carroll (id: C000189)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Party political offices
Preceded by Barney L. Whatley	Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Colorado (Class 3) 1950, 1956, 1962	Succeeded by Stephen McNichols
Preceded by Edwin C. Johnson	Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Colorado (Class 2) 1954	Succeeded by Robert Lee Knous
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Dean M. Gillespie	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's 1st congressional district 1947–1951	Succeeded by Byron G. Rogers
U.S. Senate
Preceded by Eugene D. Millikin	U.S. senator (Class 3) from Colorado 1957–1963 Served alongside: Gordon L. Allott	Succeeded by Peter H. Dominick

[1] "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 1946" (PDF). Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. February 1, 1947. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 5, 2007. Retrieved January 25, 2021. Compiled from official sources by William Graf under direction of John Andrews.

[2] "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948" (PDF). Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. March 1, 1949. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 5, 2007. Retrieved January 25, 2021. Compiled from official sources by William Graf under direction of Ralph R. Roberts.

[3] "Our Campaigns - CO US Senate Race - Nov 2, 1954". www.ourcampaigns.com.

[4] Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1955). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1954" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.

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v t e United States senators from Colorado
Class 2	Teller Chilcott Tabor Bowen Wolcott Patterson Guggenheim Shafroth Phipps Costigan Johnson Allott Haskell Armstrong Brown Allard Udall Gardner Hickenlooper
Class 3	Chaffee Hill Teller Hughes Thomas Nicholson Adams Means Waterman Walker Schuyler Adams Millikin Carroll Dominick Hart Wirth Campbell Salazar Bennet

v t e Members of the United States House of Representatives from Colorado
1st district	Pence Shafroth Bonynge Rucker Kindel Hilliard Vaile White Eaton Lewis Gillespie Carroll Rogers McKevitt Schroeder DeGette
2nd district	Bell Hogg Haggott Martin Seldomridge Timberlake Cummings Hill Dominick Brotzman McVicker Brotzman Wirth Skaggs Udall Polis Neguse
3rd district	Keating Hardy Martin Burney Chenoweth Marsalis Chenoweth Evans Kogovsek Strang Campbell McInnis Salazar Tipton Boebert Hurd (elect)
4th district	Taylor Rockwell Aspinall Johnson Brown Allard Schaffer Musgrave Markey Gardner Buck Lopez Boebert (elect)
5th district	Armstrong Kramer Hefley Lamborn Crank (elect)
6th district	Schaefer Tancredo Coffman Crow
7th district	Beauprez Perlmutter Pettersen
8th district	Caraveo Evans (elect)
At-large	Belford Patterson Belford Symes Townsend Brooks Cook Taylor Keating
Territory	Bennet Bradford Chilcott Bradford Chaffee Patterson

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