John Michael Carroll (April 27, 1823 – May 8, 1901) was an American educator, lawyer, and politician who served one term as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1871 to 1873.
Life and career John M. Carroll was born in Springfield, New York, on April 27, 1823.Nelson Greene, History of the Mohawk Valley, Gateway to the West, 1614-1925, 1925, page 622 He attended Fairfield Seminary and graduated from Union College with a degree in civil engineering in 1846,Union College, Union College, 1795-1895, 1897, page 514 where he was a member of the Kappa Alpha SocietyKappa Alpha Fraternity, A Record of the Members of the Kappa Alpha Fraternity, 1892, page 50 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.Union College, Centennial Catalog, 1895, page 71 After college he taught school while studying law and attained admission to the bar in 1848.Cuyler Reynolds, Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Volume 1, 1911, page 342 He practiced in Fonda and Broadalbin, and relocated to Johnstown in 1862.Lyman Horace Weeks, John Hampden Dougherty, Legal and Judicial History of New York, Volume 3, 1911, page 405
Political career A Democrat, he served as Fulton County District Attorney from 1859 to 1862.Thomas William Herringshaw, Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography, 1909, page 566
Tenure in Congress In 1870 he was elected to Congress and served one term, (March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1873). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1872 and returned to his law practice.Houghton, Osgood and Company (Boston), The Political Register and Congressional Directory, page 321
Death and burial Carroll died in Johnstown on May 8, 1901, and was buried in Johnstown Cemetery.Thomas E. Spencer, Where They're Buried, 2009, page 234
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John M. Carroll at Find A Grave