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Carroll, John A. (John Albert), 1901-1983

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Personal name headingCarroll, John A. (John Albert), 1901-1983
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Variant(s)Carroll, J. A. (John Albert), 1901-1983
Birth date19010730
Death date19830831
Place of birthDenver (Colo.)
AffiliationUnited States. Army
Westminster Law School
United States. Attorney (Colorado)
United States. Office of Price Administration
United States. Congress. House
United States. Congress. Senate
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupationLegislators
Lawyers
Public prosecutors
Found inPhotograph: Birthday breakfast at Statler Hotel, Truman Library, Jan. 22, 1949: (photograph features congressman John A. Carroll)
Bio. dir. of U.S. Congress, 1774-present online search, Sept. 8, 2010: (John Albert Carroll; b. July 30, 1901, Denver, Colo.; d. Aug. 31, 1983, Denver, Colo.; representative and a senator from Colorado)
OCLC, Oct. 20, 2010: (hdg.: Carroll, John A.; Carroll, John A. (John Albert), 1901-1983; usage: J. A. Carroll; John A. Carroll)
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, June 23, 2015 (Carroll, John Albert, a Representative and a Senator from Colorado; born in Denver, Colo., July 30, 1901; attended the public schools; during the First World War served in the United States Army 1918-1919; graduated from Westminster Law School, Denver, Colo., in 1929; admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Denver, Colo.; assistant United States district attorney 1933-1934; district attorney of Denver 1937-1941; regional attorney for the Office of Price Administration 1942-1943; served in the Second World War as a commissioned officer in the United States Army 1943-1945; resumed the practice of law; elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth and Eighty-first Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1951); was not a candidate for renomination in 1950 but was an unsuccessful candidate for election as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1950 and again in 1954; special assistant to President Harry Truman 1951-1952; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1956 and served from January 3, 1957, to January 3, 1963; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1962; was a resident of Denver, Colo. until his death on August 31, 1983; interment at Ft. Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colo.)
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