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John Albert Carroll
United States Senator
from Colorado
In office
January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1963
Preceded byEugene Millikin
Succeeded byPeter H. Dominick
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Colorado's 1st district
In office
January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1951
Preceded byDean M. Gillespie
Succeeded byByron G. Rogers
Personal details
Born(1901-07-30)July 30, 1901
Denver, Colorado, US
DiedAugust 31, 1983(1983-08-31) (aged 82)
Denver, Colorado, US
Resting placeFort Logan National Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseDorthy (née Doyle) Carroll
ChildrenDiane Carroll MacDonald
Alma materWestminster 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% Increase18.96
Democratic John A. Carroll 235,686 48.68% Decrease18.11
Total votes 484,188 100.00%

References

  1. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 1946" (PDF). Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Compiled from official sources by William Graf under direction of John Andrews. February 1, 1947. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 5, 2007. Retrieved January 25, 2021.((cite web)): CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948" (PDF). Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Compiled from official sources by William Graf under direction of Ralph R. Roberts. March 1, 1949. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 5, 2007. Retrieved January 25, 2021.((cite web)): CS1 maint: others (link)
  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.
Party political offices Preceded byBarney L. Whatley Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Colorado(Class 3) 1950, 1956, 1962 Succeeded byStephen McNichols Preceded byEdwin C. Johnson Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Colorado(Class 2) 1954 Succeeded byRobert Lee Knous U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byDean M. Gillespie Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's 1st congressional district 1947–1951 Succeeded byByron G. Rogers U.S. Senate Preceded byEugene D. Millikin U.S. senator (Class 3) from Colorado 1957–1963 Served alongside: Gordon L. Allott Succeeded byPeter H. Dominick
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