Daniel Carroll was born in Upper Marlboro in
July, 1730. He was the brother of John
Carroll,
who became the first Catholic archbishop in
America. Carroll was appointed to the Executive
Council of Maryland in 1777 and served in the state
senate from 1781 to 1791. For two years, he was a delegate to the
Continental Congress, and was a signer of
the Articles of Confederation. A Federalist favoring
strong central government, he acted as a delegate to the
Constitutional Convention in 1787 and diligently
supported Maryland's ratification of the United States
Constitution the next year. He was elected
Representative to the first United States Congress.
Having been appointed by Washington in 1791 as one
of the surveyors of the District of Columbia, Carroll also
served on the first Board of Commissioners of the District. He died
at Rock Creek, Montgomery County, in May, 1796.
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