| LC control no. | no2010171328 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Carroll, John A. (John Albert), 1901-1983 |
| Variant(s) | Carroll, J. A. (John Albert), 1901-1983 |
| Birth date | 19010730 |
| Death date | 19830831 |
| Place of birth | Denver (Colo.) |
| Affiliation | United 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 occupation | Legislators Lawyers Public prosecutors |
| Found in | Photograph: 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.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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